But yeah my impression is that it isn't meant to replace Andrdoid, but that they want to use it in places where a full Android doesn't make sense, like in their smart display devices or other future categories. Or maybe it's really just a retainer project for engineers.
Another reason people think it's real is that there was a lot of press a couple of years ago about something called "Andromeda" that was meant to combine Android and ChromeOS into one project. This was then supposedly shelved in favor of Fuchsia:
https://9to5google.com/2019/01/22/google-fuchsia-poaches-mac...
But yeah my impression is that it isn't meant to replace Andrdoid, but that they want to use it in places where a full Android doesn't make sense, like in their smart display devices or other future categories. Or maybe it's really just a retainer project for engineers.
Another reason people think it's real is that there was a lot of press a couple of years ago about something called "Andromeda" that was meant to combine Android and ChromeOS into one project. This was then supposedly shelved in favor of Fuchsia:
https://www.vox.com/2016/10/3/13149670/google-new-os-androme... https://twitter.com/hallstephenj/status/871456529160863745
But you'd probably know more about that than me :)