Android on Chromebooks! Here are some resources and apps to check out

Android has come to Chromebooks and is available on EDU Domains!

This opens up a whole new world of possibilities with Chromebooks, adding thousands of great apps, features and capabilities.

Here are the resources for Admins to get Android apps enabled for their domain:

• Android Apps and Chromebooks
• As of right now, these Chromebooks support Android apps: Asus Chromebook Flip, Acer Chromebook R11 / C738T / CB5-132T, Google Chromebook Pixel (2015)
• All Chromebooks launching in 2017 and after will support Android apps (very soon)
• Chromebooks listed below will work with Android apps at a time to be announced in the future*:
• https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-supporting-android-apps

• Manage Android Apps on Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7131624

Here are some great suggestions for Android apps (and some web apps):

Android App Suggestions for Chromebooks (all are free)

• MyScript Calculator: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.visionobjects.calculator&rdid=com.visionobjects.calculator
• Turns handwritten equations into typed and solves them
• Evernote https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote
• take notes (typed, handwritten, audio)
• checklists
• clip web pages
• attach files to notes
• sync offline
• annotate images and PDFs
• Google Keep https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.keep&hl=en
• take notes
• checklists
• annotate images
• handwriting
• speech to text
• ArtCanvas https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.smartcalli&hl=en 
• drawing, painting, sketching
• Autodesk Sketchbook https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adsk.sketchbook&hl=en 
• draw, paint 
• lots of features
• iPad app equivalents on Android: http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2015/08/some-app-substitutions-for-ipad-apps-to.html
• Android alternatives/equivalents for iPad apps https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qBmhx4jm4eJ7A8It9gz8PtOm164CO9tlvv46Mhv6uCs/edit#gid=640510231
• GeoGebra has multiple apps
• Math Apps https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geogebra&rdid=org.geogebra
• Graphing Calculator https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geogebra.android
• 3D Grapher https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geogebra.android.g3d 
• CK-12
• Practice Math and Science https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ck12.app.practice
• Flexbooks https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ck12.reader  (all kinds of subjects and topics)
• Physics Simulations https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ck12.simulations 
• Chrome Apps for Touchscreen Chromebooks  https://goo.gl/3UX0He
• Android Apps "Education" Category https://play.google.com/store/apps/category/EDUCATION?hl=en 
• PhET Simulations (Science, Math and more) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixcustomphet
• Accessibility resources and apps http://goo.gl/LskLPm
• Toontastic 3D https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.toontastic 
• Science Journal https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.forscience.whistlepunk&hl=en 

• Android for Education Resources  http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/android-for-education.html 

• Adobe has released a suite of Android apps optimized for Chromebooks. The Adobe Creative Cloud apps, including Photoshop Mix, Lightroom Mobile, Illustrator Draw, Photoshop Sketch, Adobe Comp CC, and Creative Cloud Mobile will be available for free download, expanding creative options for students and the capability of stylus and world-facing camera.

I've been using Android apps on my Acer C738T with my personal account for quite a while now and they work great. Handwriting input, offline sync and much more. 

Related:

Webinar on Android Apps on Chromebooks - great resource with some panelists and how-to set this up. (slide deck: https://goo.gl/rl4HkD)

Benefits of Google Apps and Chromebooks for Schools

Android for Education resources

Google for Education Resources

A new generation of Chromebooks, designed for millions of students and educators https://blog.google/topics/education/new-generation-chromebooks-designed-millions-students-and-educators/ (Acer and Asus convertible’s with stylus)

A new generation of Chromebooks, designed to work with millions of apps https://blog.google/products/chromebooks/new-generation-chromebooks-designed-work-millions-apps/ (Samsung Plus and Pro)

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