Weekly Issue: 2024-24

The Beta channel is being updated to OS version: 15886.29.0, Browser version: 126.0.6478.48 for most ChromeOS devices.

With the big WWDC keynote from Apple this week, a thought I’ve been having for a long time was resurfaced as I watched Apple announce new features for MacOS that we’ve had on Chromebooks for a while.

Written by: Kristen Dennesen, Luke McNamara, Dmitrij Lenz, Adam Weidemann, Aline Bueno   Individuals and organizations in Brazil face a unique cyber threat landscape because it is a complex interplay of global and local threats, posing significant risks to individuals, organizations, and critical sectors of Brazilian society.

Google Cloud and Oracle announced an exciting new strategic cloud partnership today that enables customers to migrate and run mission-critical enterprise workloads seamlessly across Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

The CSS Podcast is back! Check out the latest episode, where we dive into the popover API and dialog element, explaining their capabilities and the ideal use cases for each. Watch more The CSS Podcast → https://goo.gle/CSSpodcast Subscribe to Chrome for Developers → https://goo.

 Hi, everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 126 (126.0.6478.50) for Android . It’ll become available on Google Play over the next few days. This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log.

Last summer, Google introduced NotebookLM, an AI-powered research and writing assistant designed to change how users understand and explore complex information. After widening availability in the United States back in December, Google has now announced that an upgraded version of NotebookLM powered by Gemini 1.

The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 126 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks.Chrome 126.0.6478.54 (Linux)  126.0.6478.56/57( Windows, Mac) contains a number of fixes and improvements — a list of changes is available in the log.

It’s been nearly two months since Lenovo put the excellent Flex 5i Chromebook Plus on sale last time around.

Yesterday, Apple’s WWDC 2024 kicked off with the customary keynote, and as I watched some reaction videos this morning, I was a bit struck by some of the features added to MacOS for this fall’s release of Sequoia.

Chrome 126 is rolling out now! With support for cross-document transitions in the ViewTransitions API, the CloseWatcher API re-enabled, trigger-rumbled for the Gamepad API and there’s plenty more. Adriana Jara has all the details about what’s new for developers in Chrome 126. Watch more New in Chrome → https://goo.

Today, we’re pleased to share that Google was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Cybersecurity Incident Response Services Report, Q2 2024. Forrester identified 14 top vendors in the cybersecurity incident response services space, assessing them on their current offerings, strategy, and market presence.

YouTube is in the midst of what could be a pretty divisive update to their general desktop UI. Back in April, Google randomly threw this UI update out to select users and the feedback was not good. Not good at all.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Stable 126 (126.0.6478.54) for iOS; it’ll become available on App Store in the next few hours.This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 126 (126.0.6478.50) 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.

Kids can be rough despite efforts to keep budget computers out of landfill A Chromebook refresh looms despite Google trying to extend the life of laptops by offering a decade of service updates for models sold since 2021.…

Today we’re introducing the new Vertex AI Model Monitoring, a re-architecture of Vertex AI’s model monitoring features, to provide a more flexible, extensible, and consistent monitoring solution for models deployed on any serving infrastructure (even outside of Vertex AI, e.g. Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Run, Google Compute Engine and more).

LTS-120 is being updated in the LTS (Long Term Support) channel, version 120.0.6099.314 (Platform Version: 15662.111), for most ChromeOS devices. Release notes for LTS-120 can be found here Want to know more about Long-term Support?

As part of Computex 2024, ASUS has announced a bit of an oddity in the ZenScreen Smart MS27UC: the world’s first Google TV monitor.

The Stable channel is being updated to OS version: 15853.61.0 Browser version: 125.0.6422.169 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.

On Google Cloud, our HPC-optimized infrastructure, including the AI Hypercomputer, can be deployed in multiple ways according to user preferences.

Google Cloud recently achieved a major U.S. government compliance milestone with more than 130 services, including 12 additional Cloud Networking services, approved for FedRAMP High authorization — the strictest standard for protecting the most sensitive unclassified data.

About a month ago, a device that we’ve only really had time with at CES 2023 finally appeared at Best Buy.