Google Meet Hardware Moves From ChromeOS to Android: What London Offices Should Plan

Google announced on 1 September 2026 that Google Meet hardware is moving from ChromeOS to Android, and that manufacturing of the ChromeOS compute boxes behind many Meet rooms ends in February and April 2027. Nothing stops working today, because Google says ChromeOS support continues unchanged, up to September 2030 for recent models, but any office or school with Meet rooms now has dates to plan around.

What Google announced about Google Meet hardware

The announcement is on the Google Workspace Updates blog, dated 1 September 2026. Google says it is moving its Meet room portfolio from ChromeOS to Android, in the form known as AOSP (the Android Open Source Project), so that it can deliver features faster, widen the choice of devices and give customers more flexibility.

Until now, a typical Meet room has been built around a small ChromeOS computer, the Google Meet Compute System. Google's post puts an end date on the making of those computers. It also says its partners Logitech, Neat and HP Poly already offer Android devices certified for Meet, in the form of compact all in one units, video bars and integrated room systems.

AV Interactive (avinteractive.com) carried the story on 9 September 2026 under the headline "Google Meet to transition from ChromeOS to Android".

Three points in Google's post deserve attention:

• ChromeOS rooms stay supported. Google says the support timelines for ChromeOS devices are unchanged and that it will keep delivering security patches, stability updates and ChromeOS releases to every Meet device running ChromeOS.
• Large rooms are the gap. Google says Android devices intended for large format spaces are planned for 2027. Customers who want more ChromeOS devices to add to an existing fleet, particularly for large event spaces, are encouraged to buy them as soon as possible.
• Android devices are not tied to one platform. In Google's words, "Certified AOSP devices can run multiple video conferencing solutions", so a room can be given a new job without new equipment.

The dates to put in the diary

These come from Google's announcement, Google's certification page for Meet devices (last updated 24 September 2026) and a post on Logitech's Sync hub.

The last three rows decide how long a room has left, and they depend on which generation of compute box it has. Google's certification page explains what the end of support means: after that date a ChromeOS device is not guaranteed to keep working, it shows as unsupported in the Admin console, and the Google Meet team will not provide support for it.

Who this affects in a London office or school

Any organisation on Google Workspace that has rooms set up as Meet rooms, with a touch panel on the table for joining meetings. That includes schools and colleges using Google Workspace for Education.

If you are not sure which kind of room you have, look behind the display. A ChromeOS room has a small computer, usually on a bracket, with the camera and audio devices cabled to it. An Android room usually has no separate computer: the software runs inside the video bar or the all in one screen.

What to plan, in order

1. List the rooms. For each Meet room, record the make and generation of the compute box and when it was bought. The certification page gives the end of Meet support date for each generation.

2. Decide about large rooms first. Boardrooms, training rooms and halls often use separate ceiling microphones, loudspeakers and cameras connected to a ChromeOS compute box. Google's own comparison of the two platforms notes that ChromeOS devices have the complete set of features and Android devices have most of them, and at the time of writing it lists support for extra large spaces only against ChromeOS. Logitech's advice is that high impact rooms using third party audio and video should use its Base Bundle for Google Meet on ChromeOS, with ChromeOS purchases completed before February 2027. If you have a large room planned for next year, or want a spare compute box, the ordering window is this winter.

3. Choose Android for new small and medium rooms. Logitech says its Android devices for Meet, the Rally Board 65 and the Rally Bar family, will become the standard way to deploy a Meet room, and that new builds and upgrades should be based on them.

4. Check the support date of the Android device as well. Android devices have end of Meet support dates too, and they are not all later than the ChromeOS ones. Google's certification page currently shows October 2028 for the Logitech Rally Bar and Rally Bar Mini, and May 2033 for the Rally Board 65, the Neat Board 50 and the Neat Board Pro 65. Read the list on the day you order.

5. Leave working rooms alone. A ChromeOS room with a recent compute box has years of support ahead. Replacing it early gains nothing.

Android bars and the option to change platform

The practical benefit of an Android bar is that the same hardware may be certified for more than one meeting platform. Logitech's certification table shows the following.

The same table shows the Rally Board 65 as certified for Google Meet on Android and for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android.

So an organisation that buys Rally Bars for Meet today and later moves to Microsoft 365 would not, on the evidence of that table, need to take the bars off the wall. The table covers certification only. It does not describe the work of changing a room from one platform to another, so ask about that before relying on it.

How this fits a London office

For most offices this is a list and two decisions: whether any large room needs ChromeOS equipment ordered before manufacturing ends, and which Android device becomes the standard for new rooms.

We design, supply and install video conferencing systems and meeting rooms for offices, and AV for schools and colleges. If your organisation is weighing up a move to Microsoft, our page on Teams Rooms in London covers that side. For a budget figure, try the meeting room quote builder, and our maintenance and support service looks after rooms once they are in use.

Questions we are often asked

Will our Google Meet rooms stop working?

No. Google says ChromeOS devices remain fully supported through a transition lasting several years, up to September 2030 for recent models, with security patches, stability updates and ChromeOS releases continuing. What ends in 2027 is the manufacturing of the compute boxes, not the support for those already installed.

How do we find out when support for our room ends?

Identify the compute box and look it up on Google's certification page for Meet devices, which gives a date for each generation, from June 2028 to September 2030.

Can a ChromeOS compute box be converted to Android?

Neither Google's announcement nor Logitech's post mentions a way to convert one. Both describe ChromeOS devices continuing on ChromeOS until their support ends, with Android devices bought for new rooms, so we would plan on that basis.

Should we buy spare ChromeOS kit now?

Only if you have a reason. Google encourages customers who want ChromeOS devices to add to an existing fleet, particularly for large event spaces, to buy as soon as possible, and Logitech gives 2 February 2027 as the date its ChromeOS room solutions leave sale. For small and medium rooms, an Android device is the direction both companies point to.

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