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Google admits Intel-based Googlebooks may have app issues on launch day

Original: Google has waited until the day its new Googlebook laptops hit the market to admit that Intel-based models may have issu

Google acknowledged on the day its new Googlebook laptops went on sale that Intel-based models may have problems running some Android apps. The admission contrasts with earlier messaging that the Android-based devices would give owners access to the entire Play Store library, raising questions about compatibility promises made to early buyers.

Why now: The admission coincided with the laptops' launch day, embarrassing Google and concerning prospective buyers over app compatibility.

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• 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… · verge@www.urbanmind.net · 3

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