Posted on Tuesday, November 24 2009 @ 4:30 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Google co-founder
Sergey Brin revealed the Android and Chrome operating system will likely result in a single OS down the road.
But Brin, speaking informally to reporters after the company's Chrome OS presentation on Thursday, said "Android and Chrome will likely converge over time," citing among other things the common Linux and Webkit code base present in both projects.
It's not clear when Google thinks it might want to merge the projects, but it seems to be eyeing a future in which the smartphones currently served by Android meld into the Netbooks Google has in mind for Chrome OS. Of course, Brin's vision might not necessarily be shared by all members of the Google management team.
