{"id":148580,"date":"2026-01-12T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T05:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=148580"},"modified":"2026-01-12T00:01:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T05:01:58","slug":"google-is-developing-a-rival-to-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/google-is-developing-a-rival-to-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Is Developing A Rival To Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-1515237770\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p>Reports are circulating that <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?s=google\">Google<\/a> is in the process of developing a new PC operating system as direct competition to Microsoft&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?s=windows+11\">Windows 11<\/a>, with a launch date expected to be sometime within the next 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has clearly upset a lot of traditional Windows users with its &#8220;like it or lump it&#8221; decision-making, and it&#8217;s common knowledge that the time is ripe for an alternative PC operating system to challenge Windows&#8217; dominance.<\/p>\n<p>Google has apparently also recognized that Windows&#8217; dominance is currently at its most vulnerable and has acted accordingly. Historically, whenever the two giants have competed in the past, it&#8217;s Google that has generally won out. Just look at what Google&#8217;s Chrome browser did to Microsoft&#8217;s once-dominant Internet Explorer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Android-and-ChromeOS-Combination.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-150394\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Android-and-ChromeOS-Combination.png\" alt=\"android-and-chromeos-combination\" width=\"593\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Android-and-ChromeOS-Combination.png 593w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Android-and-ChromeOS-Combination-350x151.png 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Android-and-ChromeOS-Combination-150x65.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Google has confirmed that it is working on a combination of the best of its massively popular <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?s=android\">Android OS<\/a> and ChromeOS to produce &#8220;<em>a common technical foundation for both PCs and smartphones<\/em>&#8220;. This means that PC users will soon have a viable Windows alternative that will not only encompass the entire Android app ecosystem but also provide a unified experience between an Android phone and the PC.<\/p><div id=\"daves-4067526705\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Whether or not Google&#8217;s new PC operating system will gain traction with users has obviously yet to be determined. However, I believe it&#8217;s fair to anticipate a lot of interest from disgruntled <a title=\"400 Million Users Have Abandoned Windows?\" href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/400-million-users-have-abandoned-windows\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"223\">Windows users<\/a> as well as from dedicated Android users.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BOTTOM LINE<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I&#8217;ve tended to steer clear of the Google ecosystem, mainly based on privacy concerns. That said, when it comes to privacy concerns, I think it&#8217;s fair to say that most users these days don&#8217;t perceive a whole lot of difference between <a title=\"Google &amp; Microsoft At It Again!\" href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/google-microsoft-at-it-again\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"224\">Microsoft and Google<\/a> in that department, so perhaps it won&#8217;t be a major deterrent. After all, the least <a title=\"What Is The Most Private Browser?\" href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/what-is-the-most-private-browser\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"222\">private browser<\/a> (Chrome) is also the most popular browser on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s certainly an interesting development, and Google&#8217;s timing could not have been better.<\/p><div id=\"daves-3520359275\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-2\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<div id=\"daves-3111951487\" class=\"daves-after-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports are circulating that Google is in the process of developing a new PC operating system as direct competition to Microsoft&#8217;s Windows 11, with a launch date expected to be sometime within the next 12 months. Microsoft has clearly upset a lot of traditional Windows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,62],"tags":[412,362],"class_list":["post-148580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-os","category-news","tag-android","tag-google"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148580"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150417,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148580\/revisions\/150417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}