Weekly Issue: 2023-34

The ChromeOS 116 release adds new Chromebook features such as the Lacros browser, profile switching and file search for both local and Google Drive files.

Chrome recently switched up its in-development Reading Mode by nixing a super useful toolbar in favor of stuffing all of its options for text, spacing and more into a settings icon.

Google is rolling out ChromeOS 116 with a number of small additions over the coming days.

 Hello All,The Stable channel is being updated to 116.0.5845.120 (Platform version: 15509.63.0) for most ChromeOS devices and will be rolled out over the next few days.

Google has been pushing AI-driven additions to their services for a long time, but they’ve been far more verbose about it since the rise of generative AI like ChatGPT hit the scene nearly a year ago.

Illustration: The Verge Google is experimenting with a text-to-speech feature for Chrome’s reading mode on desktop, as reported by Android Police.

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A few years back, the world went absolutely mad for Pokémon Go. You’d walk outside and see loads of people with their face in their phones, but their legs were moving. Like many, I was caught in the whirlwind, but life got in the way and my interest faded.

The Beta channel is being updated to OS version: 15572.16.0 Browser version: 117.0.5938.22 for most ChromeOS devices.If you find new issues, please let us know one of the following waysFile a bugVisit our ChromeOS communitiesGeneral: Chromebook Help CommunityBeta Specific: ChromeOS Beta Help CommunityReport an issue or send feedback on ChromeInterested in switching channels? Find out how.

Back in April, we highlighted YouTube Music’s real-time lyrics feature. Fast forward to today, and that’s now rolling out in full swing. Gone are the static, tiny, hard-to-read lyrics; in their place are these new, bold, scrolling words that sync perfectly with your favorite artist’s voice, as shown below.

As enterprises race to extract value from structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, they face a continuum of challenges related to data gravity, including data acquisition, data management and data governance.

TL;DR – Budgets in Google Cloud are even better than before! Now project users in Google Cloud can create budgets and stay on top of their cloud spend without needing additional billing roles. Project Owners can receive timely notifications for budget alerts, helping them take quick action.

Chrome’s ‘Journeys’ feature is likely about to be renamed to ‘Groups’, according to Chromestory, who first spotted a code change with new nomenclature on Chromium Gerrit. Essentially, ‘Journeys’ offered users an alternative to the regular date-based history in their browser.

Wow. I’m legitamately blown away right now.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 117 (117.0.5938.24) 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.Harry SoudersGoogle Chrome

For as long as group photos have been taken, I’d imagine we’ve all wished for a feature like the one that could be on the way for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.

There’s been a serious flurry of news from VMware Inc. in the areas of multicloud, edge computing and artificial intelligence.

Building on the company’s ongoing momentum on generative AI tools, it seems Google is readying an AI writing and editing feature for Chromebooks. Update: We can now all but confirm that Google is preparing to launch its “Help me write” AI onto Chromebooks.

Today at Gamescom 2023, NVIDIA unveiled the list of Xbox games that will be integrated into their GeForce NOW cloud streaming platform. We previously discussed this back in February when the two companies revealed they’d be working to make this a possibility. Here’s the list of games.

All Chromebooks run the same OS, are generally on the same version of that OS, and come in a reliable number of form factors at this point. We have clamshell, convertible, and detachable Chromebooks with all-in-one Chromebases and simple Chromeboxes all in the market to varying degrees.

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Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 118 (118.0.5963.0) 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.

Remember the good ol’ days when Shazam and Soundhound wowed us with the revolutionary ability to figure out what song you had stuck in your head simply by letting you hum it? Well, YouTube is now mimicking that feature with an experiment it’s running right now.

With products that serve over 150 million students globally, Google has a responsibility to meet the rapidly evolving needs of students, educators, and administrators.

As businesses continue to grapple with the unique storage and access demands of data-intensive AI workloads, they’re looking to the cloud to deliver highly capable, cost-effective, and easily manageable storage solutions.

Enterprise applications require a solution that delivers control, protection, and efficiency without sacrificing flexibility. That’s why we’re excited to announce that, starting today, Google Cloud NetApp Volumes is now generally available as a first-party, fully managed service on Google Cloud.

In a recent post by Kamila Wojciechowska on X (Kudos: Android Police), Google’s rumored Recorder app upgrade will feature an artificial intelligence boost. It may soon be possible to generate instantaneous summaries of recordings you’ve capture.

There’s been a fair bit of buzz lately around Lacros – the new version of the Chrome browser that should start the possibly-year-long process of rolling out to users starting with the next ChromeOS 116 update.

Today, our data and analytics partners are rolling out new updates and integrations with Google Cloud to help customers significantly reduce the time it takes to go from managing data to building new AI tools and workflows.

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Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge A test version of Google Chrome on iOS now lets you put the address bar on the bottom of the screen, as spotted by MacRumors contributor Steve Moser.

A new LTC-114 version, 114.0.5735.331 (Platform Version: 15437.67.0), is being 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.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 117 (117.0.5938.22) 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.Harry SoudersGoogle Chrome

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 117 (117.0.5938.20) 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.

The Beta channel has been updated to 117.0.5938.22 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.