Google Has No Plans to Merge Android, Chrome OS

Google chairman Eric Schmidt told reporters in India on Thursday that it will not merge its Android and Chrome Operating systems anytime soon.

According to a Reuters report, the executive said the platforms are "certainly going to remain separate for a very long time because they solve different problems."

Android is Google's operating system for mobile devices such as cellphones and tablets, while Chrome OS is the company's Linux-based operating system meant to run web apps on a traditional laptop form factor.

Although that puts an end to rumors regarding a possible merger between the two — fueled by management changes, making both product teams under just one boss, as well as a new Chrome-based Android statue added to the main Google campus — there might be some overlap between Chrome and Android in the future.