Google admits not every Android app runs great on Intel Googlebooks

October 5, 2026 Dominic Preston

This Asus Googlebook is one of the Intel models that may have issues. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

Google has waited until the day its new Googlebook laptops hit the market to admit that Intel-based models may have issues running some Android apps.

Before now, Google has emphasized that the Android-based Googlebooks give owners access to the "entire Play Store library" of apps, along with some clever interactions with Android phones and tablets. Today, in a statement to Android Authority, it admitted that while every app is available, some may not offer smooth performance on every Googlebook.

The vast majority of Android apps run smoothly across both Intel and Qualcomm Googlebooks right out of the box. Because many Android apps were o …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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