There is no doubt in the fact that Chromebook sales have soared over the past year. Customers purchase these devices because not only they are cheap but they offer good value for money. Running a cloud based OS the Chromebooks tend to offer speed, reliability and longer battery life, things that appeal particularly to students. A new software addition has been confirmed today which will certainly be appreciated by many Chromebook users. Adobe Photoshop for Chromebook is available now initially in the U.S.
In this partnership with Adobe, Google has welcomed the Creative Cloud onto Chromebooks, paving the way for a streaming version of Photoshop. At first only U.S. based Adobe education customers that have a paid Creative Cloud membership will be able to use Photoshop for Chromebook, which will not be watered down in any way, expect to have all of the features onboard.
Google says that this streaming version of Photoshop has been designed to run straight from the cloud on the Chromebook. Since it lives in the cloud it will always be up to date and will have full integration with Google Drive.
Adobe calls this partnership “Project Photoshop Streaming” and confirms that support for its other products will be added soon. Those who want access to Photoshop for Chromebook can go to Adobe’s website.
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