Install Android apps on your Chromebook

You can download Android apps from the Google Play Shop app and use them on your Chromebook.

Currently, the Google Play Store is only available for some Chromebooks. Learn which Chromebooks support Android apps.

Of import: If you use your Chromebook at piece of work or school, you might non be able to add the Google Play Shop or download Android apps. For more information, contact your administrator.

Tap here to see an interactive tutorial

Pace 1: Go the Google Play Shop app

Important: To get Android apps on your Chromebook, brand sure your Chrome Bone version is up to date. Acquire how to update the operating system of your Chromebook.

  1. At the lesser right, select the time.
  2. Select Settings .
  3. In the "Google Play Store" section, next to "Install apps and games from Google Play on your Chromebook," select Plow on.
    • If you lot tin can't notice this selection, your Chromebook doesn't work with Android apps.
  4. In the window that opens, select More.
  5. To agree to the Terms of Service, follow the on-screen instructions.

Step 2: Get Android apps

You can notice and download Android apps on your Chromebook.

Your Chromebook doesn't automatically download the same Android apps that are on your telephone or tablet, so you must download them once more. Also, some apps don't work with some Chromebooks, so y'all can't download them.

Tip: The Google Play Store and any Android apps that you lot download are only available for the account that signed in kickoff. To apply them with a different account, sign out of your accounts and sign in with the business relationship you desire to utilize.

Step three: Employ Android apps

Important: You lot can only resize new apps that you lot've downloaded.

To bear on and concord some Android apps on Chromebook, if you use a mouse, right-click on the apps with your mouse.

To make Android apps show upwards on your Chromebook every bit they do on your tablet or Android phone, you tin can change the size of the app.

  1. On your Chromebook, open up an Android app.
  2. At the superlative, select the Down pointer .
  3. To resize the app, select:

Tip: To gear up a custom size for the app, you can select Resizable .

Update your app version, permissions, or settings

Install app updates

If you get a notification on the bottom correct of your screen that says "Updates available," select Update or Update all.

If you lot don't get this notification:

  1. In the corner of your screen, select the Launcher and then Upwards arrow .
  2. Select Play Shop Google Play.
  3. To update your apps, follow the on-screen instructions.

Change permissions

Change app permissions

After you install an Android app, you can control which capabilities or data the app can find or use, known equally permissions:

  1. At the lesser right, select the fourth dimension.
  2. Select Settings .
  3. In the "Google Play Store" section, select Google Play Shop.
  4. Select Manage Android preferences.
  5. In the "Device" department, select Apps.
  6. From the list of apps, select an app and then Permissions.
  7. Plow permissions on or off.

Share or unshare your location

Of import: If you use your Chromebook at work or school, you may not be able to choose whether to share your location.

When y'all cull to utilize Android apps on your Chromebook, you can decide to allow Google know your location.

  1. At the bottom correct, select the fourth dimension.
  2. Select Settings .
  3. In the "Google Play Store" section, select Google Play Store.
  4. Select Manage Android preferences.
  5. In the "Personal" section, turn Location on or off.
  6. Optional: To plow location permissions on or off for a specific app, select the app, then select Permissions. And then plough Location on or off.

Support & sync your apps

Dorsum up & restore your app data

By default, Chromebooks automatically back up and restore Android app data. This way, if you lot move to a new Chromebook, you can restore your Android app data.

To turn backup and restore on or off:

  1. At the bottom correct, select the time.
  2. Select Settings .
  3. In the "Google Play Shop" section, select Google Play Store.
  4. Select Manage Android preferences.
  5. In the "Personal" section, plough Support my data on or off.

Tip: If your Chromebook has sync turned off, but fill-in and restore turned on, it can yet back up your Android apps. If you take more than one Chromebook, your Android apps and their data might not sync beyond your Chromebooks fully.

Sync your apps across Chromebooks

By default, your Chromebook syncs the Android apps on your Chromebook across your other Chromebooks. If your Chromebook doesn't sync your apps, check your sync settings and select Sync everything or plough on Apps syncing. Learn how to change your sync settings.

Learn how Chrome Os handles your Android app information

What Android apps can detect

  • Apps tin can download files to and read files from your Chromebook's downloads location. To change this setting, y'all can open the permissions folio of an app, so plough off Storage.
  • Some Android apps that have permission to know your location might besides employ Bluetooth on your Chromebook.
  • If you scan privately, but click on a link within an app, the link opens in a regular browser tab, not a private one.
  • If you lot plow off the Google Play Store on your Chromebook, your Android app data and settings are erased from your device.
  • You tin review other Android app privacy and security settings which come with using Android apps. Some of these settings might not use or evidence up on your Chromebook.

What Google can find

When y'all opt in to employ the Google Play Shop, some system apps and features may send Google information most how you lot use those apps.

If yous opt to send Google data nearly the usage and performance of your Chromebook, Google gets diagnostic and usage data virtually your app activity. Google likewise receives crash reports. Any crash reports Chrome sends to Google may likewise include some sensitive data most your Android apps.

Developers: Optimize Android apps for Chromebooks

To brand the apps you develop work more efficiently on Chromebooks, acquire how to optimize your Android apps.

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