Android apps not coming to older Chromebooks, including the original Pixel

You may have heard the news that Chrome OS is getting the Google Play Store, a fact that will immediately bring an incredibly diverse array of Android software to Chromebook users, and it might even give the platform the boost that it needs to truly compete with Microsoft in the low-cost laptop market. However, every silver lining has a cloud, and this one is that many older Chromebooks won’t be getting this boon.

Google released a comprehensive list of Chrome OS devices that will receive the Play Store once it goes live on the operating system in June. The store will first appear on the Acer Chromebook R11, the Asus Chromebook Flip, and the Google Chromebook Pixel (2015). Over the course of the rest of the year, the Play Store will gradually roll out to an extensive list of other devices, but one thing you’ll notice right away is that the list doesn’t include many devices that are older than just a couple of years. This includes the original Pixel (2013), so a lot of Chrome OS fans look like they’re going to be left out in the cold.