Up until now, Google’s Android operating system has been limited to smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and smartwatches/wearables (as Wear OS). There’s also Android Auto, which is used in car infotainment systems . Android hasn’t yet been used to power laptops or desktop PCs… but that’s likely to change soon.

Rick Osterloh, Google’s SVP of Devices and Services, announced at Snapdragon Summit 2025 that Google is looking into merging Android with ChromeOS and bring its Gemini AI to PCs. The effort, known as “Project Aluminium,” will probably involve Android notebooks powered by Qualcomm processors.

Osterloh said on stage:

“In the past, we’ve always had very different systems between what we’re building in PCs and what we’re building in smartphones, and we’re working to combine that.

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