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Two More Chromebooks Get Android Apps

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by Gabriel Brangers
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Thursday, August 17th, an incremental update started rolling out for most Chromebook users on the Stable channel. This minor update didn’t appear to bring any significant changes but this morning we are receiving reports to the contrary.

At least two devices, the ASUS C302 Flip and the Dell Chromebook 3189, appear to have gained access to the Play Store according to emails from readers.

I doubled back and checked the Chromium projects official support page but it doesn’t look as though it has been updated, yet.

If you have been patiently waiting for your device to get Android Apps and you haven’t seen an update this week, it might be a good time to hit that “check for updates” button in your About Chrome OS settings.

Just a heads up though, there was a handful of Chromebooks that did not receive this incremental update. Here are the devices that have yet to get this update. Don’t shoot me, I’m just the messenger.

  • Google Chromebook Pixel (2015)
  • Samsung Chromebook Plus
  • Dell Chromebook 13 3380
  • Acer Chromebook 14 for work (CP5-471)
  • Acer Chromebook R13 (CB5-312T)
  • Lenovo N23 Yoga/Flex 11 Chromebook
  • Acer Chromebook 15 (CB3-532)
  • Samsung Chromebook 3
  • Acer Chromebook R11
  • Asus Chromebook C202SA

 
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Let us know if your device has added the Play Store. We will get it added to the list ASAP.

Thanks to Tom and Mitch for the heads up.

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  • Southern Gal

    For my Asus Chromebook 302C – the update today included a Critical Update after the first one ran (to bring it to 60) and then after the reboot and sign in there was a big note about Google Play Store being available and accepting several conditions. And here it is.

    so i have been playing with it for most of the evening.. some apps work nicely but many are still in the ‘android phone’ schema. Mainly the streaming services like hbo and hulu and tcm and others free and subscribe only work nicely. but the majority are still the android phone style.

    I guess since i waited this long (i bought this Asus in FEB this year thinking the play store update would be soon!) anyway i guess since i waited this long then i can wait a bit longer for apps to catch up. its just too bad that some of my most used apps are not updated yet.

  • sgtguthrie

    Acer R11 has had the play store on stable since 2016. Now the R13, is still only in beta, as an arm device. That makes no sense.

  • lagonda

    I’ve just got the update for android play store on my Acer R13

    • Gabriel Brangers

      Stable channel?

      • lagonda

        Yes stable I’m on 60.0.3112.101.

        • Gabriel Brangers

          That….is….AWESOME!!! The R13 has been neglected. Glad to see it getting some love.

        • Emilia Pasiah, MD

          Can you please share how you got version 60 on your stable channel acer R13 chromebook? cause i just updated my stable channel and it still shows version 59 as the updated version. how do i get version 60?

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