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Oops! Google Accidentally Posted a First Look at Its Unreleased Android PC Operating System

A bug report leak reveals Android 16 desktop UI with taskbar, split-screen multitasking, Play Store, and Chrome extensions on Chromebook hardware.

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A bug report related to Chrome Incognito tabs published to the Google Issue Tracker offered screen recordings of "Aluminium OS."

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Google plans to replace its current operating system, Chrome OS, with a new one called Aluminium OS. This combines the strengths of Chrome OS and Android into a single, cross-platform system. After the name had already leaked, a leak has now given us a first look at Aluminium OS. The website 9to5Google discovered official screenshots of Aluminium OS in a Google bug report. These screenshots show the first real images of the interface and other e…

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9 to 5 Google broke the news in on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
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