Google just made Chromebooks an even more appealing option to schools and students.
The company announced plans to partner with Adobe to offer a special cloud-based version of Photoshop to students and teachers who use Chromebooks in their classrooms.
The program, Project Photoshop Streaming, is still in beta and will be available to select Creative Cloud subscribers to start. Both companies promise the "streaming version" of Photoshop will have most of the same functionality of the desktop version of the image-editing software, but will be entirely cloud-based. The streaming version of Photoshop will also be accessible from within the Chrome browser on Windows devices.
This streaming version of Photoshop is designed to run straight from the cloud to your Chromebook," Google wrote in a blog post. "It’s always up-to-date and fully integrated with Google Drive, so there’s no need to download and re-upload files—just save your art directly from Photoshop to the cloud."
Chromebooks — Google's small, low-cost, laptops that run Chrome OS — have been increasingly in demand in schools due to their inexpensiveness and reliance on Google's cloud-based offerings like Drive, which require little maintenance and upkeep from school IT departments.
The program will initially only be available to a limited number of Adobe Education members with existing Creative Cloud subscriptions in North America. Qualified students or educators can apply on behalf of themselves of their institution on Adobe's website.
Google has recently been stepping up its efforts at increasing the variety of apps available for Chromebooks, which is a frequent area of criticism for the platform. The company revealed the first wave of Chromebook-compatible Android apps earlier this year, which included two educational apps (Duolingo and Sight Words.) The move — first announced during Google I/O — is part of Google's broader effort to create a more unified experience between Android and Chrome OS.
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