Google’s ‘Aluminium OS’ Reportedly Delayed by 2 Years

Google's Aluminium OS won't fully arrive until 2028, according to documents from the company's antitrust case. That's despite earlier public hints about a 2026 launch. The documents also reveal ChromeOS support will continue through 2034, longer than anyone would've expected.

Court testimony shows a substantial gap between Google's public messaging and internal plans. Android chief Sameer Samat said at the Snapdragon Summit in September 2025 that the merger would come "next year," but August 2025 testimony clarified he only said Google "hopes" for a 2026 launch, The Verge reports. The plan states that trusted commercial testers will get access in late 2026. A broader release for businesses and schools will take place in 2028.

We previously covered Google's confirmation of the Android-ChromeOS merger in July 2025, when Sameer Samat directly stated in an interview that Google was "going to be combining ChromeOS and ...