This new terminal app provides a full-blown Linux development environment that allows developers to leverage the tools they need to build native apps. That includes Android Studio.

Google has revealed that it’s developing a Linux Terminal app to transform Android into a platform for on-device app development and eventually gaming. The app runs a Debian Linux environment in ...

The Linux Terminal’s inclusion supports Google’s mission to merge Chrome OS into Android, but today’s news offers even more real-world evidence of that goal’s potential.