There are like 50 PDF apps for Chrome, including: In 2020 we have quite a few audiobook apps for Chrome, but if they do not appeal to you, you can try streaming from websites. Also, has no DRM so you could simply download audiobooks there and play them in a media player. In 2020 the list of compatible Android apps is longer, and includes: When I first wrote this post I could find but a single option for reading library ebooks on Chrome (OverDrive).

There are in fact over a dozen Epub and PDF apps in Google Play that are compatible with a Chromebook. Also, my Chromebook came with Play Books. We still don’t have a Kindle app for Chromebooks, but there’s a Nook app and a Kobo app. When I first wrote this post there wasn’t much in the way of true ebook apps for Chrome, but that changed by the time I updated this post in 2020. I haven’t tried it, but I did find instructions on how to pull it off. And for those feeling adventurous, there is also a hack for running any Android app on Chrome. When you get a Chromebook you will be able to browse Google Play for compatible apps. Android AppsĪndroid is Android and Chrome is Chrome, but did you know that you can install Android apps on Chrome? Here’s what you can do to read on Chrome. Now a significant number (the majority?) of Android apps are compatible with Chromebooks, and in fact I would say incompatible apps are the exception.

The selection of apps was still quite limited compared to iOS or Android, because frankly when it came to the major OSes, Chrome was clearly the last thing on some developers' minds.įortunately a lot had changed by the time this post was last updated in July 2020. When I first wrote this post in 2014, and even when I updated it in 2016, I could not possibly have recommended that you buy a Chromebook. Are you thinking about getting a Chromebook?

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