Android and ChromeOS are set to merge together. The plans for Google combining platforms previously leaked back in November last year. Now, an executive has confirmed Google plans to combine the two operating systems. Google plans to bring ChromeOS features over to Android, rather than it making a brand new platform. In an interview with TechRadar, president of the Android ecosystem at Google, Sameer Samat, mentioned the plans to merge ChromeOS with the world’s biggest mobile operating system. ChromeOS is the software manufacturer's use on Chromebook laptops. Samat didn’t share anything further about Google's plans, but this is the first time the company has publicly confirmed the plans. The idea of merging Android and ChromeOS has long been speculated on. We'll have to wait for more information from Google to know more. It'll be interesting to see how Google frames this for customers, and whether it will be retiring the ChromeOS name altogether. It may be this move will be mostly ...