Google vice president of product management Sundar Pichai told an audience at Computex that the Chrome OS would launch by the fourth quarter.
“When asked about the Chrome vs. Android debate, Mr. Pichai said that providing open source platforms will allow the market to make the best determination about what operating system will work best in the mass market,” TheChromeSource reported.
Announced in November 2009, Chrome OS was designed to be an ultrathin OS, designed with just enough code to push a user online, where the Chrome Web browser could take over. In the meantime, however, Google’s more full-featured Android OS has also fared well, proving to be a popular mobile OS for smartphones and other connected devices.
Google representatives could not be reached for comment by press time.
