Chrome OS Becomes Google's Best Selling Operating System, Experiences A 50 Percent YoY Increase

Chrome OS grew 92 percent compared to last year. (photo: doc. XDA Developers)

JAKARTA - Google's operating system, Chrome OS is reported to have experienced an increase in usage in Android applications by 50 percent year-on-year (YoY).

Chrome OS is a special operating system for laptops. Google revealed in its developer recap, the data comes from internal companies collected from 2020 to 2021, which counts the number of users engaged with Android applications.

In May, Chrome OS grew 92 percent compared to last year, five times the PC market rate and making it the fastest-growing OS. Previously, Google shared in October 2019 that time spent on Android apps on Chrome OS had quadrupled YoY.

This is because, over the past two years, Android and Play Store applications have proliferated on Chromebooks, supported by special tablets that are also present.

Seeing the development of the OS quite rapidly, Google will provide developers with more guides and easy-to-use tools in 2022, as quoted from 9to5Google, Wednesday, December 22.

Google Launches Beta Version of Android 12L

To make the experience of using Android and its applications on a big screen, some time ago Google launched Android 12L, a special operating system on tablets or large-screen foldable phones.

The company is currently in the early stages of testing aka Beta version 1. According to reports, the Android 12L Beta 1 version still seems to be aimed at app developers, so users can see what Google is working on in a raw view like this.

In Android 12L, Google added a two-column layout for devices with larger screens, allowing users to get more information at once.

For example, quick settings, message notifications, and more can be displayed side by side. Google will also be working to improve multitasking, allowing users to easily drag apps into split-screen mode from the taskbar, this capability can also be used to quickly switch between apps.

According to The Verge, as in the developer preview, if users want to try out the Beta 1 version of this latest OS, they will have to run it on a large-screen device like the Lenovo Tab P12 Pro.

However, if users don't have a widescreen device, or don't want to wait, they can also run the Android 12L beta on the emulator to get a feel for how it will look when it's more widely available.

Most of these changes will be most obvious on larger screens, but Pixel devices can also install that Android 12L, the list of currently available devices being the Pixel 3A and Pixel 5A.