Google partners with Parallels to bring Windows apps to Chrome OS

ronjor · Jun 16, 2020

Nathan Ingraham 16 June 2020

The new support for Windows should arrive this fall.
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guest · Aug 1, 2020

Google details how Windows apps will run on its Chromebooks
A partnership with Parallels brings Windows apps to Chromebooks through a virtual machine
July 31, 2020
https://www.windowscentral.com/google-details-how-windows-apps-will-run-your-chromebook

If you're one of the many people wishing your Chromebook could run legacy Windows applications like Microsoft Office, Google has your back.

We learned earlier that Google planned to use its new partnership with Parallels, a company that specializes in making a lightweight virtual machine, to allow legacy Windows apps to function on Chrome OS. Now, in an interview with The Verge, Chrome OS product manager Cyrus Mistry has detailed how things are planned to work.
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guest · Oct 20, 2020

Parallels Desktop Comes to Chromebook Enterprise
October 20, 2020
https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/chrome-os/242822/parallels-desktop-comes-to-chromebook-enterprise

Parallels Desktop is now available for Chromebook Enterprise, allowing business customers to run Windows apps directly on Chrome OS for the first time.

“Chrome OS is increasingly being chosen by modern enterprises, either for remote work, hybrid, or in the office,” Google vice president of Chrome OS John Solomon said in a prepared statement.
“We are thrilled to partner with Parallels to bring legacy and full-featured Windows applications support, through Parallels Desktop for Chromebook Enterprise, to help businesses easily transition to cloud-first devices and workflows.”
Parallels Desktop for Chromebook Enterprise lets businesses enable a new feature in Chrome OS that will download a Windows 10 virtual machine (VM) image, install it on users’ Chromebooks, and make available any Windows applications those users need.
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What’s missing in this first generation release are some of the niceties we see today in more established versions of Parallels Desktop, such as Coherence mode on Mac, which lets users run Windows apps side-by-side next to macOS apps. But Parallels tells me that that feature is on the roadmap and will be available soon.

Parallels Desktop for Chromebook Enterprise is available now and costs $69.99 per user per year. A full-featured one-month trial with five user licenses is available for businesses that wish to give it a try.
Oh, and what about individuals?
In this initial release, Parallels Desktop is only available for businesses, but Parallels tells me that the product will be made available for individuals who have compatible Chromebook hardware in the future.
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