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Click on the Apps link in the Settings menu.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\nIn the main window, look for Google Play Store<\/strong>. (It should be near the top.) If it\u2019s there and invites you to Install apps and games from Google Play on your Chromebook<\/strong>, then you\u2019re ready to go. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\nNow, all you have to do is look for the familiar Play Store logo in your Launcher, either by clicking on the Launcher icon in the lower-left corner of the screen or using the Launcher button on your keyboard just above the left Shift key. That will take you to the Play Store, where you can search for and install your favorite Android apps on your Chromebook.<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/source><\/picture>\n
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Android apps such as Elevate will appear on the Launcher alongside Chrome OS apps.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\nAndroid apps you\u2019ve installed will also appear on the Launcher, just like any other Chrome OS app. For example, when I installed the Android apps Words With Friends 2 and Elevate on a Chromebook, their icons appeared in the Launcher alongside all the Chrome OS apps.<\/p>\n
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You can manage your preferences for Android apps.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\nOne warning: Android apps that have been optimized for use on a Chromebook \u2014 which means many of the most popular apps \u2014 will look and act like normal Chromebook apps. However, apps that have not been optimized will basically appear in a phone screen format, so they won\u2019t be quite as usable \u2014 although they should, with possibly a few exceptions, still work.<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/source><\/picture>\n
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Many Android apps will appear in a not-ideal phone screen format.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\nUpdate June 10th, 2022, 11:30AM ET: <\/strong><\/em>This article was originally published on October 9th, 2019, and has been updated to account for changes in the OS.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\nSource: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23158719\/chromebook-android-apps-google-how-to<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Source: One of the advantages that Chromebooks offer is the ability to run many of your favorite Android apps alongside Chrome OS windows. For the most part, any Chromebook that was launched on or after 2019 will run Android apps; if you\u2019ve got an older system, Google has a long list of the Chromebooks that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,8],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-7730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-google","category-technology","tag-google"],"yoast_head":"\n
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