Aluminum OS will be Google’s Android operating system for PC

We know more about Google’s long-term plans to combine the best parts of Android and ChromeOS into one operating system thanks to a job listing for a product manager to work on “Aluminum OS.” The job ad describes it as “a new operating system built with artificial intelligence (AI) at its core.”

Robot body First reported on List of jobsShe is 2 months old and was only recently spotted. It gives a name – or more likely a codename – to Google’s new operating system for the first time, along with the initials “ALOS.” He specifically describes Aluminum as “Android-based,” and says the company is looking at entry-level, mass-market and premium devices for the OS.

It doesn’t look like ChromeOS is going away completely, at least not at first. According to the listing, the team will be responsible for creating “a range of ChromeOS and aluminum OS devices” across different form factors (“laptops, detachables, tablets, and boxes”) and price points. However, the announcement also notes the need to create a strategy to “move Google from ChromeOS to Aluminum,” suggesting that the ultimate plan is to phase out ChromeOS and replace it with the new Android alternative.

The name is also noteworthy, if only for the use of the British spelling ending in “-ium”. This may just be a reference to Chromium, the open source code that underpins ChromeOS.

Google is considering bringing some form of Android to PCs More than a decadeBut this possibility has begun to be talked about more seriously in recent years. Robot body I mentioned that New plans were in the works last yearand Android chief Samir Samat since then certain The company is “combining Chrome OS and Android into one platform,” with plans to do so Released next year.