You can then share the generated app using Android’s share feature and upload it to Google Drive, where it will be available on your Chromebook’s Files app.įirst, install the Archon runtime on your Chromebook. The packager app can then package up the Skype Android app into a Chrome app. If you have an Android device, you can install Skype for Android and the ARChon Packager app. Skype has an Android app, and you can now install that Android app on Chrome OS. It doesn’t work perfectly just yet and requires some fiddling, but it’s an option. Ultimately, this is a compatibility layer designed to let you run any Android app directly on Chrome OS, giving Chromebooks access to all the Android apps that exist.
Google is working on an Android runtime for Chrome. Click the “Sign in or join” link next to Skype if you haven’t already set up Skype on. To use this feature, head to, sign in, and click the messaging icon at the top-right corner of your inbox. For now, the lack of Skype helps Microsoft slam Chromebooks with their “Scroogled” ads. In the future, Microsoft will hopefully switch to WebRTC for plug-in-free Skype calling on, and Skype will then be available on your Chromebook and every other device. On Windows and Mac, users can install a Skype plug-in to have video and voice calls from, as well. This hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves - ’s chat feature is basically just a web version of Skype. Just log in to your account and use the built-in chat feature in, which connects to Skype. You can connect to Skype and send text messages with your contacts from.
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