Tag: Chrome OS
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Google has proposed more than 20 adjustments in response to EU digital market law
In anticipation of the impending enforcement of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Google has announced adjustments to its services within the EU to ensure compliance with local legislation. This strategic realignment encompasses more than twenty modifications spanning search, advertising, and third-party application development, all designed to align with the stringent requirements of the…
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Google has added Steam app to Chrome OS
With the rapid increase in Chromebook shipments in recent years, Google is no longer limited to student notebooks or netbooks. Not long ago, it was rumored that Google wanted to “turn” Chromebooks into gamebooks and would add support for the Steam client. Now Google is offering an alpha version of Steam in the latest beta…
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Google will add variable refresh rates feature to Chrome OS
Nowadays, both hardware and software have better support for high refresh rates. Even if they are not gamers, ordinary users can also use high refresh rates. Experience smoother page scrolling and more effective animations, so if this year’s gamebooks and smartphones don’t have a high screen refresh rate, they are embarrassed to sell them. Even…
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Google brings Steam to Chrome OS
In the eyes of today’s mass consumers, Chromebooks are the images of scholars such as netbooks and student books. It doesn’t seem to have much to do with things like gaming entertainment, but Google doesn’t seem to want to continue this position, and they are now ready to make Chromebooks that can play games. According…
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Chrome OS plans to shorten the update cycle to 4 weeks
Google issued a statement that starting from M96 in the fourth quarter, the Chrome OS update cycle will be shortened to 4 weeks. As early as March of this year, Google announced that the Chrome browser will be converted to release a new version every 4 weeks to speed up the introduction of features, and…
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Google brings new features to Chrome OS
Google’s Chrome browser-based operating system, ChromeOS, has ushered in its tenth anniversary. Google chose to bring a wave of new features to ChromeOS at this time, allowing users to improve their experience through the cooperation of Android phones and ChromeOS. The most noteworthy of this wave of updates is the app called PhoneHub, which is…
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Chrome OS encounters 100% CPU usage bug
Recently, some netizens posted on the Google Support Forum saying that after their ChromeOS was updated to version 85.0.4183.108, the memory usage soared, the application could not run normally, and the fan was running at high speed. Many ChromeOS users posted that they encountered the same problem, the device became hot, and the power consumption…
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Google introduces chromeOS.dev, making it easier to build applications on Chrome OS
Google today launched the Chrome OS Developer site (chromeOS.dev). The website contains many technical resources, tutorials, code samples, and fresh information. The purpose is to help developers make the most of the features on the Chrome OS platform and build Chrome OS applications more easily. The main target groups of chromeOS.dev are Web, Android, and…
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Chrome OS provides proper USB support to Linux applications
The latest version of Chrome OS, currently on the development channel, 75.0.3759.4 provides proper USB support for Linux applications. Keith I Myers, the technology geek, first disclosed the news, “you can now pass through USB devices into your Crostini instance. This is not simply limited to USB flash drives but just about anything that has support…
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Chrome OS will introduce Virtual Desks, a virtual desktop
For many experienced users and professionals, virtual desktops are a very useful feature that can quickly differentiate between work and entertainment, making it easier to discover and improve efficiency. Virtual desktops have been an iconic feature of macOS, and Microsoft. After the success of the education market, Chrome OS will introduce virtual desktop features. The…
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Chrome OS will allow users to choose their own Linux distribution
Google announced last year that it supports running Linux applications on Chrome OS. Not long ago, it was reported that it will provide GPU acceleration support for running these Linux applications. Now, Chrome OS seems to be going further in the direction of Linux for Chrome OS devices. The Linux environment can be based on…
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Chrome OS 69.0.3497.95 supports running Linux applications
The stable version of Chrome OS has been updated to 69.0.3497.95 (platform version: 10895.56.0), which includes many bug fixes and security updates. The update is as follows: New Features Files app UI refresh with new support for accessing Play files Native support for Team Drives in Files app Save Play app files directly to Files…
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Chrome OS now natively supports Windows file sharing
Since Chrome OS is mostly used on Chromebook devices, many people feel that the operating system is not suitable for heavy users. To change everyone’s minds, Google recently improved — adding native Windows File Sharing (SMB) support for Chrome OS. In the upcoming release of Chrome OS, users will be able to enable native file…
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Chrome OS supports to double-click the .deb file for installing Linux applications
Currently, Chrome OS supports three application types: its Chrome app, Android app, and a Linux app. However, to install Linux applications, you also need to be familiar with the command line execution code and only limited to the software on the Debian library (Linux version of the application store). However, Chrome Unboxed and XDA report, in the…