The easy way to use Android apps on your Chromebook

The easy way to use Android apps on your Chromebook

Many of the same features are available for Android apps as they would be on your phone. Select Google Play Store > Manage Android settings on the Apps page to view an Android-like menu where you can choose whether or not to receive notifications.

One word of caution: Android apps that have been optimized for usage on a Chromebook, which includes many of the most popular apps, will look and behave similarly to regular Chromebook apps. Apps that haven’t been optimized, on the other hand, will essentially show in a phone screen format, making them less useable – but, with a few exceptions, they should still operate.

Recently, Microsoft announced that Windows 11 will soon be able to run Android apps natively, but from our experience so far, the Chromebook experience seems to be a bit more optimized and the apps feel a bit more at home on this platform as compared to Windows 11. It will be interesting to see how this contest unfolds moving forward.