With Cross-Device Services, you can perform various activities such as checking and adding calendar appointments, responding to messages, updating a shopping list, viewing the status of rideshare, and even playing some games. You can select an app from the list and not only will your phone launch the app, but it will also stream it to your Chromebook in a window that you can interact with. The Phone Hub window includes a “Recent apps” section at the bottom, displaying recently used apps on your phone, as well as an “All apps” icon to bring up a list of all the Android apps on your mobile device. The ChromeOS Phone Hub feature will detect if the Android phone is nearby, and users can view photos, open recently visited websites, and launch Android apps in a window on their Chromebook. Although not yet activated, the latest version of the app has reportedly started rolling out to Google Pixel phones.Īccording to 9to5Google, the app may let users use a Chromebook to launch any app or game installed on their Android phone, and not just chat apps as originally described.

The app will enable Chromebook users to interact with select apps on their Android phones. The Cross-Device Services app from Google has been made available on the Google Play Store, over a year after the company announced its development.

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