Will Google replace Android with Chrome OS?

Google wouldn't replace Android with Chrome OS in one single stroke. That would be too rash. It is true that Google is unhappy with manufacturers for taking the Google out of Android (for instance packaging Dropbox rather than Google Drive), Google wouldn't do a replacement immediately especially since Android is becoming a well-known brand. A good first step would be too change the development environment Android is based around, like Microsoft has done with Windows 8. Rather than letting developers program apps with Java, they would let developers program apps with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, et al, which are the programming languages of the web. These are the technologies that Google Chrome Apps are made with. They would probably release their own IDE (Integrated Development Environment). This however would be arguably a win-win situation. Many developers know HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and adore programming with them. It could be contended, that these will make it easier (especially in terms of CSS for custom styling to style apps) to program apps. Then once apps for Android are programmed using these web technologies, Google could recreate the Google Play Store for Chrome. This would be remarkably easy, since the actual apps wouldn't have to be changed. Either only Chrome would have to be minutely modified to open the .app (or whatever) packages, or the backend Google servers would have to minutely be modified to convert the .app (or whatever) packages to standard websites (essentially). Android is all about the apps. If you kept the Google Play Store to Chrome OS, and changed the UI a bit, to make it a bit more like a phone to maintain familiarity with users, you would have a fully-fledged mobile OS (assuming the apps would run offline - although most of the time phones are connected to the Internet). N.B: What I would personally do is make the address bar have the placeholder text 'Search' so that users would think of it as a regular search bar without confusion. Then mask the tabs functionality to work as multi-tasking. Then add an Internet app which essentially links to Google, to as I said maintain familiarity  with users.

From the little amount of Google and Android info I know, I highly doubt that Google would completely REPLACE it, as Android has a huge market already. There's a possibility that Google could come out with a new phone that comes with Chrome instead of Android, or allow you to choose your OS, but I highly doubt they would completely erase something that already has such a large market for literally thousands of entrepreneurs, programmers, and developers.

Google have no plans to replace Android with Chrome OS. I had suspicions in early 2013, that this could potentially happen. Some early clues on this was the appointment of as the new Android Chief, He was previously the Chrome Chief as well. Now he is both Head of Chrome and Android. This was an early sign that there might be some replacing. Then in his first interview after replacing as the Head of Android, He confirmed that he didn't have any plans to replace Android into Chrome, or even merge. "SYNERGY FOR CHROME AND ANDROID, NOT MERGER" (http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/13/4325992/sundar-pichai-google-android-chrome-head-interview) This settled down the rumours that were being hurdled up about this merging of the two OSs. I would still like to see a Chrome OS device that isn't in Laptop/Netbook Format.

To my knowledge Google will not replace Android with Chrome OS.Google may release products with Chrome OS seperatly since Android is kind of joint venture of Google and device manufacturers such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung, wireless carriers such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_Nextel and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Mobile, and chipset makers such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments.So Android is not in Google's hand alone. If you want to know how key Samsung has been for Android, just look at the fact that when Google bought Motorola in May 2012, Eric Schmidt flew directly to Samsung’s headquarters in South Korea to personally assure its executives that Motorola would not get special status in the Android ecosystem.And we also know that Google flagship device NEXUS are not yet made by Motorola.

i think eventually they'll merge - there are different functions for both at present however, as consumers desire for different styles of hardware change, as they are now with transitions around the telephone the tablet and the laptop, i think eventually android and chrome OS will mesh into something new

Google has confirmed that ChromeOS is here to stay so it's likely going to get more functional  with better integration. Here's how that will likely happen. 1) Chrome Apps on Android Take the Chrome OS and load it as an app on Android the way it loads on Windows/Mac right now. Android is the only major OS that does'nt run full Chrome( with extensions etc right now).  This way chrome apps  will be available on Android. http://www.slashgear.com/chrome-app-launcher-for-windows-out-of-beta-why-you-want-it-19291081/ 2) Android Apps on Chrome ARC will make porting apps easier (ARC) https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/6088175?hl=en 3) Smart switching interface Desktop/touch interface conversion easier. (Like the  Chromebook Flip). It switches from laptop to touchscreen mode(disables the keyboard input and enables the onscreen keyboard). Similarly they are working on the plumbing for the Android version of the Chrombook Flip that just debuted - The Pixel C 4) Interoperability- Calls/text messages/notifications can be handled on any connected device.  (The device you are on instead of being forced to go to reach for the phone to handle certain tasks). For instance functionality similar to mightytext and the Mac/iOS integration. https://mightytext.net/ Pick and Play videos from your ChromeOS connected hard drive or Google Drive streamed through Chromecast to a TV controlled by your Android Phone. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.videostream.Mobile&hl=en This is the current state as of Nov 2015.  A lot of the illustrations above work in a jerry rigged sort of way. They are not baked into the OS's and you'd have to go out of your way to set them up  and even then they don't work reliably or just simply work. So I expect sometime next year we'll see early hardware  that puts all these pieces together into one unit.

I don't know that Honeycomb will kill Chrome OS, but I think economics might. Chrome OS isn't a bad thing, I kind of like it. But there is definitely a value issue. Do you really want to spend $300-$400 dollars on a Chrome OS netbook with no file system access and really no offline use when you could spend the same amount of money on a new tablet that gives you better offline usage and file system access? I think in time we will see Chrome rolled into Android or Chrome retired in favor of a version on Android that is optimized for a physical keyboard. However, my guess is it will be a release or two past Honeycomb.

According to Google, they aren't.  http://chrome.blogspot.in/2015/11/chrome-os-is-here-to-stay.html

I don't believe that Android Honeycomb will kill Google Chrome OS, But I do believe that they will come together under the hood. They will present differently and be marketed separately but the underlying technology will be almost identical. Android will be focused on small highly portable devices while Chrome OS will be targeted at more substantial, larger form factor, often desktop like devices with keyboards and large screens. There are marketing and perhaps legal reasons to maintain the separate identities.