Google admits not every Android app runs great on Intel Googlebooks

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="This Asus Googlebook is one of the Intel models that may have issues. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/268755_Google_event_Asus_Googlebook_14_ADiBenedetto_0006_0b94ab.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> This Asus Googlebook is one of the Intel models that may have issues. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">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. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Before now, Google has emphasized that the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/997986/google-googlebooks-android-laptops-dell-hp-lenovo-acer-asus-price-specs">Android-based Googlebooks</a> give owners access to the "entire Play Store library" of apps, along with some <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/998095/googlebook-laptop-android-continue-on-app-cast">clever interactions with Android phones and tablets</a>. Today, in a <a href="https://www.androidauthority.com/googlebooks-android-app-support-complicated-3718943/">statement to <em>Android Authority</em></a>, it admitted that while every app is available, some may not offer smooth performance on every Googlebook.</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The vast majority of Android apps run smoothly across both Intel and Qualcomm Googlebooks right out of the box. Because many Android apps were o …</p></blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1004643/google-android-apps-intel-googlebooks-performance">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>