At last year's Google developer conference, the guys from Mountain View announced that they would enable the ability to install Android apps on some Chromebooks that were already available in the market and those that would arrive before the end of the year. Little by little there have been many users who are enjoying this new option that allows greatly expanding the ecosystem of applications of Google's low-consumption laptops, devices that are characterized by requiring an internet connection for practically everything, especially to store documents.
Currently the models that are already compatible with this option are the Chromebook R11, the ASUS Chromebook Flip and the Chromebook Pixel 2015. But seeing the success of this type of device, especially in schools, manufacturers continue to bet on this type of device and all the models that hit the market throughout this year will offer the option of being able to install applications directly from the Google Play Store.
Keep in mind that in order to install this type of application, it is necessary meet a series of requirements imposed by Google. In addition, developers who want to take advantage of this new revenue stream offered by Chromebooks have had to adapt their applications to change the interaction of their applications, going from a touch interface to one that is performed using the keyboard, so that not all applications are likely to be usable on Chromebooks.
In United States, ChromeOS is the second most used operating system, ahead of macOS and iOS, an operating system that had become the most used in schools, but since the arrival of ChromeOS has been eating ground to practically make it disappear. The main causes are in addition to offering an integrated physical keyboard is that it is much cheaper than an iPad, to which you also have to buy a keyboard.