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Android apps get no such icon.īut I’m getting ahead of myself. Google Play can now be found in the icon bar, and it works exactly the way it does on Android devices.

Skype calls on a Chromebook, and so much more The results are not added to your icon bar, but can be quickly found in the Search menu once installed. From there you can drag them to the icon bar, if you wish, or just launch them. I think most Chromebook users have at least one thing they’d like to do regularly, but can’t. For me, it’s making Skype video calls. Bringing Android apps to Chrome OS fixes this, and many, problems. There’s a Skype app for Android, so I can finally make Skype video calls on a Chromebook. These new applications also give a purpose to the touchscreen on the Acer Chromebook R11. In our review, we noted the touchscreen didn’t add much to Chrome OS. With Android apps so easily in reach, however, there are suddenly all sorts of great users for the touchscreen. #SKYPE DOWNLOAD FOR ACER CHROMEBOOK ANDROID# I flipped the screen over and did some reading with Google Newstand and FeedMe, two applications I used regularly on my phone. They worked seemlessly, and looked great on the bigger screen. And I did a little gaming too, firing up Kingdom Rush and Jetpack Joyride. Both games worked without much difficulty, though Kingdom Rush didn’t really like it when the Chromebook switched orientations from horizontal to vertical. I also finally got a decent browser to work on Chrome OS. I kid, of course, but being able to install Firefox at all is a radical change for Chrome OS. Instead of the Chrome browser being central to everything, a wide variety of third party applications are available for download.