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It really does look to be a rewrite of ChromeOS to make it a native Android experience with very few tweaks to the User experience that I can see.

I think it's a good idea on Google's part. The trend of consumers using mobiles as their one and only computing experience is still strong. This will blend the experience consumers have between desktops and their primary computing platform.

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It's a trend with Apple as well. It can be seen in iOS/macOS 26 Tahoe. There's lots of untapped potential in those iPads with M-series CPUs. We've also had rumors of a "MacBook Air Lite" sporting a cellphone A-series CPU. The convergence is happening.

I would love to be able to do more with my Google Pixel phone. Right now, the MacBook is my primary workstation, but the possibility of an even more "mobile" productivity setup is very enticing. Now if only I could get an Android tablet with the new "Terminal" feature in Android 15...

I highly doubt Apple convergence is going to happen.

A fully capable iPad would mean less sales of MacBook Air and so on.

An iPhone with official docking Desktop UI also never going to happen. Same story.

and you can't install apps as easy on iPhone than on mac right? That's 2 different world that Apple need to cross, and it's unlikely.

App instalation isn't really even the problem. It is just the capabilities you have that you do not have access to. a modern iPad can easily run macOS as an 'app', if you will. The kernel is there, the userland is there, just not the checkbox from up high. Even Xcode works well in macOS VMs nowadays.

IIRC someone managed to run WindowServer on jailbroken iOS – but had to patch out Metal with a stub to do so.

https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/1mn7mk1/your_jai...

I wouldn't be surprised if Apple cannibalized Mac for that forced App Store and services revenue.

Google is about to dip into that market, where desktop users are forced to use the Play Store to install any app. Apple would be foolish to leave that money on the table.

Apparently people play Fortnite on Mac by repackaging the iPhone app.

There's no official Mac app, but the Mac/iOS APIs that Unreal Engine needs are similar enough that you just need to change the packaging.

macOS on Apple Silicon officially supports running iOS apps directly.

There’s no magic trick to it really from the developer side, Epic just ticked the opt-out to prevent it being available on the App Store.

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