Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon and Google’s head of platforms and devices Rick Osterloh announced at a Qualcomm event that Android for PC is coming, indicating a significant shift in the mobile operating system landscape.
- Android is a mobile operating system.
- Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon discussed Android for PC.
- Google plans to merge ChromeOS and Android.
- Osterloh mentioned a common technical foundation.
- Android laptops will soon be a reality.
- No specific release date was provided.
Osterloh stated, “In the past, we’ve always had very different systems between what we’re building on PCs and what we’re building on smartphones, and we’ve embarked on a project to combine that.” He mentioned that Google aims to integrate Android AI features and apps into the PC ecosystem.
Amon noted that he has already seen Android for PC and described the new experimental Android OS as “incredible.” Details on distribution remain unclear, but the development suggests that Android laptops may soon be available.
“We are building together a common technical foundation for our products on PCs and desktop computing systems.”
— Rick Osterloh, Head of Platforms and Devices, Google
Originally reported by mashable.com as “Qualcomm CEO: Android for PC is coming, and it’s ‘incredible'” on 2025-09-24 20:52:00.
