Try the app and ensure it works on your Chromebook. Installing this sample app will also install the Android runtime for Chrome OS, and that’s what lets this hack work behind the scenes.

Older Android devices can be had for a song, and in many cases are still packing considerable computational power. With built in networking, a battery, and a big touch screen, they could easily tak… ...

At last year's Google I/O developer event, Google introduced Android apps running on Chrome OS using an early beta of its Android App Runtime for Chrome (ARC).

We've long suspected that Fuchsia would be able to run Android apps. Now, we have full confirmation that Fuchsia will directly support the Android Runtime.

Modularize everything Google says its Android runtime makes apps faster, even without an OS update ART, the Android runtime, can bring Android 14 improvements to older devices.

Several months ago, Google added an experimental runtime option to speed up apps in Android 4.4 KitKat. A runtime, for the record, supports the apps running on your device -- without it they'd be ...

Previously we were led to believe that only Java based Android apps would run using the Dalvik JVM which BlackBerry had ported over to BB10 dubbed the Android Runtime.

Google claims the Android Runtime now brings a 30% faster app launch. This could be a very crucial addition to Android.

A startup called BlueStacks has developed an Android runtime environment for the Windows operating system. It will enable users to run Android applications alongside conventional Windows software ...