Google announced that it will be installing Android apps on their Chromebooks starting Thursday, with four apps being initially included on Chrome-OS laptops, reports CNET.
Google has secured a partnership with four app makers, namely Duolingo, Evernote, Vine, and Sight Words, to run their apps on Chromebooks.
Duolingo is known as a language learning app, helping users to learn Spanish, German, French, and Italian, among others. Sight Words creates educational apps used for children literacy systems, allowing their young users to improve reading skills and fluency.
Sundar Pichai, Google's Senior VP in charge of Chrome, Android, and Apps, said the tech giant aimed to "break down barriers" between the Android and Chrome operating systems.
"Wouldn't it be nice to get some of your favorite applications on your Chromebook? We want this to be intuitive for users. For developers, we want this to work with as little modification as possible," Pichai said.
Although Google hasn't announced which apps it plans to bring to Chromebooks next, the company has stated it will be working with more app developers to bring more content in the coming months, according to a PC Mag article.
"We won't be able to support every Android app from day one, but your feedback will help us focus on the Android apps that you'd use most on Chrome OS," a Google representative stated.
Jacob Kastrenakes of The Verge writes that Google "would ultimately like for Android developers to be able to bring their apps over to Chrome OS with 'little to no engineering effort' beyond perhaps a few interface changes, but for now it's still working with individual developers to get these apps up and running."
Google has already set up a specific page for interested parties to come in and share their suggestions on which Android app should be included first.
The Google page states that although "we won't be able to support every Android app from day one, but your feedback will help us focus on the Android apps that you'd use most on Chrome OS."