Google reveals Android project for PC, challenging Microsoft Windows

Google dropped its clearest hint yet about its plans to bring Android to PCs during a talk at the Snapdragon Summit 2025.

This is seen as a direct challenge to Microsoft. Windows is currently the most popular PC operating system in the world , but this may change in the near future.

The appearance of Mr. Rick Osterloh, Senior Vice President of Devices and Services of Google, and Mr. Cristiano Amon, CEO of Qualcomm, revealed an ambitious cooperation project. Rick Osterloh, said the details of Google's development of Android for PCs using Snapdragon chips.

Osterloh said that in the past, Google had very different systems for PCs and smartphones, but now they are working on a project to combine them. He affirmed that Google and Qualcomm are building a common technical platform for PC products and desktop systems.

This would create a seamless ecosystem that spans smartphones, tablets, and PCs. The last time we heard about Google's plans was back in July, when Android head Sameer Samat confirmed that Google was "merging ChromeOS and Android into a single platform," after efforts began last year to build ChromeOS on top of some parts of Android.

What's most interesting is Qualcomm CEO's reaction when asked about this project. Mr. Amon couldn't hide his excitement when he declared: "I've seen it, it's unbelievable. It realizes the vision of convergence between mobile and PC. I can't wait to have one."

This is another way for Google to leverage all the work it's doing on the AI stack, bringing its Gemini models, its virtual assistant, and its entire app and developer community to the PC space, Osterloh explained, emphasizing that Android will be able to serve everyone in every computing category.

The project is essentially a continuation of a multi-year effort to merge Chrome OS and Android that Google confirmed earlier this year. The company is "building a Chrome OS experience on top of Android's underlying technology," a departure from the current virtual machine approach to running Android apps on Chromebooks.

The fact that Google is now comfortable discussing the project publicly suggests that it may be close to completing a version of Android that works seamlessly across smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops. On PCs, Android would pose a serious competitive threat to Microsoft's Windows operating system.

For Qualcomm, this is an opportunity to get a new operating system for its PC chips, as historically only a handful of Chromebooks have been equipped with Qualcomm CPUs, and currently none use the latest Oryon CPU.

While Google has not yet announced an official timeline for the project, the enthusiastic response from both sides suggests that a revolution in personal computing is coming. Users can soon experience a unified Android ecosystem from phone to computer, along with the AI power of Gemini and the entire Google Play app store.