Weekly Issue: 2023-30

After covering Google’s effort to Lacros browser for over two years, its arrival looks near. ChromeOS 116 may bring the Lacros browser to more Chromebooks.

Google has worked with Microsoft to finally bring “Microsoft Fluent design”-based Scrollbars to Chrome browser on Windows. The Chrome browser now supports “Fluent Overlay Scrollbars”. Here is how you can enable the feature right now.

Google has worked with Microsoft to finally bring “Microsoft Fluent design”-based Scrollbars to Chrome browser on Windows. The Chrome browser now supports “Fluent Overlay Scrollbars”. Here is how you can enable the feature right now.

I was browsing Google Discover last night when I realized something strange. In addition to the thumbs up and thumbs down icons in order to tailor my content preferences per article, a double thumbs up icon began appearing on all of the Discover entries.

Believe it or not, Android 4.4 KitKat is nearly 10 years old. Google’s been working hard to reduce fragmentation and now less than 1% of users are still on this version of the Android operating system. So, in just a few days, the company will retire it for good!

At this point, AI is everywhere and that isn’t about to change. As the advances in this are continue to press on, Google now looking for way to leverage both AI and machine learning (ML) to create tools that address some of the world’s most pressing social issues.

For the 5 year running, Samsung has released another take on the folding phone – the Galaxy Z Fold 5. Though Samsung has changed very little in this latest foldable, the price tag remains the same $1799 that we’ve seen through the years.

Do you recall hearing about Grogu, Google’s much-anticipated competitor to the AirTag? What about the new Find My Device network, which was expected to launch soon? Unfortunately, these have been postponed until the year’s end.

Editor’s note: The post is part of a series showcasing our partners, and their solutions, that are Built with BigQuery.How can your company scale profitably in the cloud while spending to plan? And what do you do when your company’s cloud bill spikes unexpectedly?

A Zero Trust approach to security can help you safeguard your users, devices, apps and data. Using Google Cloud’s BeyondCorp Enterprise, organizations can enforce strict, context-aware access controls with authentication and authorization for a variety of devices, anywhere to help strengthen their security posture.

Editor’s note: The post is part of a series showcasing our partners, and their solutions, that are Built with BigQuery.How can your company scale profitably in the cloud while spending to plan? And what do you do when your company’s cloud bill spikes unexpectedly?

In this blog post, we’re going to show you how to use two technologies together: The generative AI functionality in Google Cloud Vertex AI, an ML development platform, and Neo4j, a graph database. Together these technologies can be used to build and interact with knowledge graphs.

The promise of 5G is captivating: innovative use cases, lower latency, greater bandwidth, and faster mobility. However, we understand that for Communication Service Providers (CSPs), the shift to 5G standalone (SA) core on cloud affects not only network operations, but also go-to-market and service delivery to consumers and enterprise customers.

One of the fundamental questions that retailers constantly ask themselves is how well they know their customers and how they can build deeper relationships.

This week on The Chrome Cast, we discuss our collective, weeks-long experience with Google’s Pixel Fold.

In the last year, Google has worked to replace the “CastOS” operating system on its 1st and 2nd generation Nest Hub smart displays with the new Zircon-based Fuchsia. At the time, it seemed like the company was set to bring it to all its smart home devices.

 A new LTC-114 version, 114.0.5735.239 (Platform Version: 15437.63.0), has been rolled out for most ChromeOS devices. If you have devices in the LTC channel, they will be updated to this version. The LTS channel remains on LTS-108 until September 19th, 2023.

Hello All,The Beta channel has been updated to 116.0.5845.52 (Platform version: 15509.37.0) for most ChromeOS devices.If you find new issues, please let us know one of the following ways:File a bug Visit our Chrome OS communitiesGeneral: Chromebook Help CommunityBeta Specific: ChromeOS Beta Help CommunityReport an issue or send feedback on ChromeInterested in switching channels? Find out how.Google ChromeOS

Here in 2023, it seems folding devices are having a bit of a moment. Recently, there’s been a lot of buzz around Google’s new Pixel Fold, Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold 5, and the upcoming OnePlus Open that should arrive later in August.

The Dev channel has been updated to 117.0.5911.2 for Windows, Mac and Linux.A partial list of changes is available in the Git log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

There’s plenty of truth in the saying, “you can’t manage what you don’t measure.” Careful and accurate measurement is what distinguishes effective environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs from initiatives that waste resources, at best, and expose your organization to accusations of greenwashing, at worst.

Discover 5 different ways to debug your code beyond console.log – Discover the breakpoints, debugger statements, logpoints, conditional breakpoints, including pause at exceptions.

Want to be a globe-trotter on your Chromebook? Here’s how to install Google Earth Pro on a Chromebook, which has more features than the web or Android versions.

Two years ago (well, actually a year and a half ago), Google Play Games for PC appeared at the 2021 Game Awards Show, and with it, a mysterious new shortcut appeared on Chromebooks. In addition to the Play Games Android app, a new ChromeOS-centric…launcher accompanied it as a separate icon.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 116 (116.0.5845.52) for iOS; it’ll become available on App Store in the next few days.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.Erhu AkpobaroGoogle Chrome

If you’ve been eyeing one of the two only real options in the Chromebook tablet market, today could be your lucky day.

This spring we launched a new series of Google Cloud AI & Research Days at Google’s regional US offices.

Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. In this blog post, we’re highlighting Ford for the DevOps achievements that earned them the ‘Growing DevOps throughout your organization’ award in the2022 DevOps Awards.

As the default and recommended mode of cluster operation in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), we’ve told you about how GKE Autopilot can save you up to 85% on your Kubernetes total cost of ownership (TCO)1 compared with traditional managed Kubernetes.

Organizations migrating web applications and their APIs to the cloud need solutions to protect them from exploits and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Google Cloud Armor is a network security service that provides defenses against DDoS and OWASP Top 10 risks.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 117 (117.0.5911.3) for Android. It’s now available on Google Play.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog, and for details on web platform updates, check here.

“Genius, playboy, billionaire (philanthropist)?” – you know I’m talking about Elon Musk, right? The mind behind SpaceX and Tesla has pulled off another heist. He’s bagged Twitter for a hefty $44 billion and spun it into something entirely different.

Google is working to add a “Link Preview” feature to the Chrome browser. Soon, you may not need to rely on third-party extensions, as Chrome will likely show a preview when you click or hover over a link.

As school-related summer approaches its end, parents and students alike are now on the lookout for the best back-to-school deals. Among the items always at the top of school supply lists are Chromebooks. It makes sense: they are budget-friendly, versatile, and easy to use.

Security insights are essential for a secure enterprise browsing solution. By integrating your chosen security reporting solution with Chrome Enterprise, IT and security teams can gain a comprehensive view of the potential threats users face on the web and make data-driven decisions in their security journey.