While Android has been widely deployed on smartphones globally and is almost universally considered a tremendous success, the platform and its close association with its namesake Rubin, who was himself nicknamed "Android" while working at Apple in the early 1990s, has inflicted more liability and expense on Google than it has strategic opportunity, revenues or profits.

Evidence from multiple sources, including the design decisions behind Google's latest Chromecast product, support the idea that the company now sees more future potential and interest in investing in Chrome OS than in continuing to support Rubin's Android and defending the platform from ongoing intellectual property disputes, even if the company has no interest in publicizing those intentions.
Google TV, minus the Android


While Google presented its new Chromecast as running a scaled down Chrome OS, hackers examining the device have "concluded that it’s more Android than Chrome OS," adding, "to be specific, it’s actually a modified Google TV release, but with all of the Bionic / Dalvik stripped out and replaced with a single binary for Chromecast."

Bionic is Google's replacement standard C library for Android, which replaces the GPL-licensed code in Linux to avoid entangling Android software in GPL-related licensing issues. It's also optimized for running on lower end devices than the mainstream version of Linux aimed at PCs and servers.

The most obvious reason for Google to drop compatibility with Android apps on Chromecast is to be able to offer the device at a very low price using minimal hardware; its new "casting" feature that's so simple it doesn't need a user interface or the ability to run apps of its own.

It also makes sense for Google to give the device "Chrome" branding rather than "Android" branding because while it requires the Chrome browser to "cast" WebRTC video streams to the device, it doesn't require an Android device to work, and has no need to associate itself with the Android ecosystem of smartphone apps it isn't designed to run.


http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/29/google-appears-ready-to-ditch-android-over-its-intellectual-property-issues

this should be another innovation from them. keep it going google

The name Crome doesn't sound catchy at all. Too boring. Why can't Google just stick with the code name 'Android' as the name of the new 'Crome operating' system rather than using the name 'Crome'. It has more flavor and it's pleasant to hear. The code name 'Android' stands out better.

deeobserver209: The name Crome doesn't sound catchy at all. Too boring. Why can't Google just stick with the code name 'Android' as the name of the new 'Crome operating' system rather than using the name 'Crome'. It has more flavor and it's pleasant to hear. The code name 'Android' stands out better.

you know they are not making monetary benefits from android