It’s all too easy to miss the forest for the trees.

This week’s news surrounding a seemingly simple Android app launch is a perfect example. Maybe you heard: Google released a standalone Calculator app to the Play Store.

SAY WHAT? A new Calculator app?! Stop the presses! Whoop-dee-freakin’-doo, right?

Wait — the app also adds native support for a smartwatch interface on Android Wear?! Okay, that’s actually kinda neat. But it still isn’t what makes this move important.

The move of Google’s Calculator out of the operating system and into the Play Store represents something far grander for Android as a platform. It’s a landmark moment in an effort we’ve been seeing unfold for almost six years now — one that, with this latest step, is finally flirting with completion.

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