Google Merges Android, ChromeOS

Mountain ViewGoogle’s new laptop line starts at $899.

It folds ChromeOS into Android, pushing Google’s accounts and AI deeper into premium PCs.

Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo will build Googlebooks natively on Android code, not the virtualized layer ChromeOS used for Android apps.

Apple’s $699 MacBook Neo already competes for the same budget-conscious buyers.

Googlebooks ship October 4 in the US, testing whether developers build one app for both phones and PCs.

Sources: Forbes, Investing.com, MoneyControl