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Google Could Let Chromebook Users Manage All of Their Android Files in Chrome OS

Dubbed “Android Files,” the new feature has been implemented in the Chrome OS Dev channel and promises to let Chromebook owners manage all of their Android files with the default Files app in the Chrome OS operating system. At the moment, Chromebook users can only access image, video and audio files from their Android devices, but this change could let them access all file types. If you own a Chromebook laptop and an Android smartphone or tablet, and you want to manage all the files contained on your Android-powered device from your Chromebook, you’ll have to switch to the Chrome OS Dev channel by following the instructions provided here. Then enabled the chrome://flags#show-android-files-in-files-app experimental flag.

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