Chrome for tablets caught on film [video]

By on Aug 8, 2011 at 5:56 PM
Software August 8, 2011

Google’s Chrome OS was originally designed as a lightweight operating system for devices such as netbooks, which have a constant internet connection. The search giant already has Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) and will soon offer Android Ice Cream Sandwich for tablets but apparently that hasn’t stopped Google from optimizing a version of Chrome OS for use on slates. One developer named Francois Beaufor has leaked a video that reveals a hint of what Chrome OS on a tablet might look like. The video shows a quick look at the touchscreen keyboard, an example of the web browser in action and support for voice-based search. As Business Insider points out, it might make a lot more sense for Google to just build a top-notch Chrome browser for Android instead of porting its OS to tablets. Many believe Google’s Android offering is fragmented enough as it is. Hit the break for a quick video clip.


[Via Business Insider]

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  • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

    BGR, taking stabs at android when even trying to write an article about ChromeOS.

    Whats it take to be a writer for this garbage blog? A Masters in Trolling?

    • Anonymous

      And to get info on receiving a masters in trolling can they call you?

  • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

    This is CHOICE, not fragmentation….right my fellow fanDROIDS??????

  • Anonymous

    lol Google, the world doesn’t need another fragmented pos.

  • Anonymous

    Looking forward to Google’s whiney “competitors are trying to stifle Chrome OS innovation” blog post.

  • Anonymous

    More BGR BS… If you go to XDA, you can find Ubuntu running on a Galaxy Tab also… I dont see an article about that though…

    Maybe Google is going to release a Ubuntu for tablets and Chromium for tabs??

    • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

      Google won’t be releasing Ubuntu. Ubuntu will release itself. It’s not owned by Google and is true open source. You wouldn’t know that though since you are a mindless fanDROID.

  • http://twitter.com/BeanTNT Bean

    pick 1 google

  • Anonymous

    Google’s trying to fragment their platforms even more! Nice! Keep confusing your customers Android/Google. At least 75% of these companies look like they’ve pushed the “self-destruct” button on their business’. Oh well! lol

  • Anonymous

    Customer: yes I would like a google os tablet.
    Store associate: ok would you like android os or chrome os?
    Customer: huh!??!? Android I guess.
    Store associate: ok what size? We have a 5″, 7″,7.5″, 8.9″, 10.1
    Customer: wtf 7.5 I guess. And I want the one with the newer android os.
    Store associate: o sorry sir that one doesn’t have the new os.
    Customer: you know what screw this shit give me a iPad 2.
    Store associate: o sorry sir we are fresh out of stock. You sure you don’t want a android tablet we have a shit load of them.

    • Justblanton

      your name is synonymous with asshat

    • Anonymous

      Keep trying. You’re almost there.

    • Anonymous

      Unfortunately idiots love fragmentation

    • Wikid

      I love how i can install whatever I want on my android that directly competes with google’s products, install banned apps from the Android Store, hack it however I want, put ubuntu on it if I want, run flash content, and copy my mp3s and movies to my removable SD card and play any format I want.

      What’s that? Oh I’m sorry, you can’t do that on your mac? Why not? Oh right, because you’re a mac tool.

  • Securitywiz

    we don’t need another OS from Google to run on our tablets, we need the current versions to be better. We also need the market updated do we can rate apps, a basic feature that we are lacking.

    Improve the browser keyboard lag, fix sdcard write on the xoom, etc

  • http://www.howtoarena.com Faheem Saeed

    Looks fine and really sleek !!! will try it for sure

  • http://twitter.com/keithmancuso Keith Mancuso

    Why would a touchscreen tablet have a mouse cursor?  isn’t this clearly fake?

  • Anonymous

    It might be big but it’s NOT for tablets. Notice the mouseover actions used for scrolling that dropdown menu. Would NOT work on a touchscreen tablet.

  • Chris Benninger

    this looks like it might just be Meego with chrome running.

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