Google will launch an operating system for mobile Android independent

Oct 16, 2009

The Internet company Google will launch later this year its own operating system, to be called Google Chrome OS, which could be available to users from the second half of 2010, as confirmed by the company.

The popular search engine, which was launched nine months ago and its own Web browser (Chrome) stressed that the new operating system based on open source has an initial target segment 'netbooks' (low-cost laptops).

"The speed, simplicity and security are key elements of Google Chrome OS. We are designing the operating system to make it as easy and light enough to get you started on the web in seconds," the vice president of management deproductos Google's Sundar Pichai, who added that aims to "redesign" the underlying architecture of security to restrict virus threats and the need for continuous updates.

Moreover, Pichai said Google Chrome OS will operate with microprocessors from Intel and ARM and clarified that this project is independent of its mobile phone operating system, Android, noting that, although shown incredible segment will address the 'netbooks' can be used on powerful desktop computers.

However, the multinational acknowledged that "there are areas in which Google Chrome and Android OS overlap", but said he hoped that this choice will help drive innovation.

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