Get ready for some serious Google operating system confusion

Google’s approach to operating systems has long befuddled the tech-observing masses. For years, the confusion revolved around the existence of both Android and Chrome OS — two operating systems that struck some folks as being overly similar and without their own distinctive purposes.

Google, as we all know, had a plan — and it eventually spelled things out clear as could be: Android was the operating system for touch-centric experiences, like those you see on phones, while Chrome OS was the framework for more large-screen, desktop-like, keyboard-oriented configurations. The two could co-exist merrily and become aligned — to gain a consistent visual identity and share functional strengths — without having to be merged in a one-or-the-other-style deathmatch, as so many pundits long predicted.

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