How to Enable Google Play Store on your Chromebook

In most Chromebooks, you'll see the Play Store in the app drawer though, that is if your Chromebook supports Android apps. However, if in case you don’t see the Play Store listed in the applications visible on the app drawer of your Chromebook, you’ll have to enable it first in the Chromebook settings. Don't fret! That's an easy task that should not take more than 30 seconds of your time.

In this tutorial, I would be discussing how to enable Google Play Store on your Android Apps supported Chromebook in a simple step-by-step guides.

Meanwhile, in case you have yet comfirmed if your Chromebook can run Android Apps or not, I would recommend that you check the step-by-step tutorial that explains how to check if your Chromebook supports Google Play from here. In that tutorial, it is explained in greater detail; why you should enable Play Store on your Chromebook, the advantages of having Play Store on your Chromebook and more importantly; how to check if your Chromebook can run Android apps.

It is also a good idea to update your Chromebook OS to the latest available version by the tutorial here as that further increases the chances of Play Store availability on your Chromebook.

Anyways, in the absent of any further delays, let's discusss how to enable Play Store in your Chromebook.

How to Enable Google Play Store on Chromebook

To enable Google Play Store on your Chromebook;

1. Turn "ON" your Chromebook

   Here, I am assuming your Chromebook is currently turned OFF. Obviously, you cannot access your Chromebook while it is turned OFF. Therefore, in order to proceed, you'll need to first turn ON your Chromebook and then login.

   
   

   Hint:

   You need to login your Chromebook using your setup username and password before you can at all access the OS.

   
   

   However, if your Chromebook is already turned "ON", you may skip this step and proceed to the step two from below.

2. Click the Status Bar

   Next, click on the Status Bar. You would most likely find the Status Bar around the bottom-right corner of the screen. Once it is found, just click on it.

   
   

3. Click on the Settings iCon

   Once you have located and clicked on the Status Bar as instructed from the previous step, now, from your current view, locate the Settings cog icon and click on it.

   
   

4. From Here, Go to "Apps"

   Now, from your current view, locate the "Apps" option and click on it.

   
   

5. Turn "On" Google Play Store

   On clicking the Apps option as instructed from the previous step, your next view should list Google Play Store as an option. Right infront of the Google Play Store option, hit the Turn On button next to it.

   
   

6. You Now Have Google Play Store Turned On

   Congratulations! Google Play Store is now turned "On" on your Chromebook. Since your Chromebook is already setup with a Google account, all you need to do to start downloading and running Android Apps on your Chromebook is to go back to the Apps Drawer, launch Play Store and proceed with searching for and downloading your favourite Android apps on your Chromebook!

   
   

Note:

All instructions in this tutorial were put together using a Lenovo Chromebook Duet running on Chrome OS version 93.0.4577.85.

As a reminder, please be informed that the steps may differ depending on your device make and current Chrome OS version, but most things are the same from Chromebook to Chromebook.

Now that you have supposedly able to enable Google Play Store on your Chromebook, you may now learn update your Chromebook to the latest Chrome OS version available.