Weekly Issue: 2024-29

Of all the things you can do on a Chromebook, gaming is one that you generally don’t think about. ChromeOS may be a superior OS for enterprise and work-related stuff due to its rock-solid security and cloud-based deployment; but it clearly isn’t designed to be great at something like gaming.

The dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has reared its head in a most devastating way today thanks to a faulty update from security firm CrowdStrike. Thousands of businesses worldwide, from banks to airports, were blindsided as their Windows machines abruptly crashed.

It’s been a pretty wild week of deals all around the web. As we’ve noted before, Prime Day has become such a spectacle that other retailers now respond with their own take on a massive set of deals to combat Amazon’s excitement of the buying public.

The Dev channel has been updated to 128.0.6601.2 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.

Learn how to deliver reliable web experiences by combining modern test automation tools from Chrome with best practices. Explore tools like Chrome for Testing, Chrome’s new headless mode, and Puppeteer, and learn about latest web standards like WebDriver BiDi.

With the technology advances of cloud-first databases, Google Cloud has become the go-to platform for companies that build software to tackle complex, business-critical challenges. This is due to its unmatched scalability, ability to handle unpredictable demand, high reliability, and its continuous innovation in modern technologies like artificial intelligence (AI).

VMware Cloud Foundation on Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) is now generally available, and there has never been a better time to move your VMware workloads to Google Cloud, so you can bring down your costs and benefit from a modern cloud experience.

Editor’s note: Endear is an omnichannel customer relationship management (CRM) platform that fuels hyper-personalization and customer insights. When its existing database struggled to meet increasing demand, the company recognized the need to migrate to a robust, scalable solution.

Of all the Chromebooks on the market, there is one line that I’ve felt has been right on the verge of greatness for years and has been held back by silly hardware choices along the way.

We’re inside of a month away from Google’s next Pixel hardware even set for August 13th in California, and as is the case most times with new Google hardware, leaks have been plentiful.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 128 (128.0.6601.2) 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.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 127 (127.0.6533.58) 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

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Stable 127 (127.0.6533.56) 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 127 (127.0.6533.51) for Android to a small percentage of users. It’ll become available on Google Play over the next few days. You can find more details about early Stable releases here.This release includes stability and performance improvements.

The Stable channel has been updated to 127.0.6533.57 for Windows and Mac as part of our early stable release to a small percentage of users. A full list of changes in this build is available in the log.You can find more details about early Stable releases here.

The Beta channel has been updated to 127.0.6533.57 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.

With Prime Day in full swing, it’s pretty easy to be completely and utterly overwhelmed by deals, discounts, and a dizzying array of marked-down items. Not only are there price reductions over at Amazon this week, all competitor sites have crazy deals in place as well.

AI as a general technology seems to be here to stay.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 127 (127.0.6533.51) 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.

A couple weeks back, in light of the news that Google was planning a transition for ChromeOS over to the Android Linux Kernel, an article surfaced that called the future of ChromeOS Flex into question.

I don’t mean to brag, but — well, my browser’s new tab page is much better than yours. All right, so that didn’t come across quite as humble as I’d hoped. But it’s true, all right.

Despite the well-publicized success of four-day workweek pilots around the globe, it’s still a relatively uncommon way of working. “There is a lot of traditional thinking and managerial resistance in most organizations against four-day workweeks,” says Leslie Joseph, principal analyst at Forrester.

Microsoft is talking a lot about Copilot+ PCs with exclusive AI features. Those features aren’t very useful yet, but there is a compelling package of extra features for Windows you can get on any Windows PC — for free. It’s called Microsoft PowerToys.

A new LTC-126 version 126.0.6478.178 (Platform Version: 15886.62.0), 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-120 until October 1st, 2024.

This week on The Chrome Cast podcast, we talk through Amazon Prime Day, the cancellation of the LaCros browser, and if we think ChromeOS Flex is going away now that ChromeOS is moving to the Android kernel.

   Hi, everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 126 (126.0.6478.186) 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.

The Stable channel has been updated to 126.0.6478.182/183 for Windows, Mac and 126.0.6478.182 for Linux which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log.The Extended Stable channel has been updated to 124.0.6367.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Stable 126 (126.0.6478.190) 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.

Learn about text wrap, a great modern improvement to typography on the web platform. Check out the latest episode to learn about logical layout rules for your headings and other copy with just one line of code. Watch more The CSS Podcast → https://goo.gle/CSSpodcast Subscribe to Chrome for Developers → https://goo.

Interested in learning how to simplify your distributed application architecture with Cross-Cloud Network, for connecting, securing, and delivering applications across on-premises, Google Cloud, and third-party cloud environments?

The Prime Day deals are here, and there are some surprisingly great deals on Google Pixel hardware over on Amazon today! With the Made By Google Pixel 9 event happening next month, it seems Google is eager to clear out its inventory – and that means big savings for you.

Well folks, it’s Prime Day once again. And in a way that only a monolith of online retail like Amazon can truly manage to do, a 2-day fire sale ends up affecting the entire retail industry.

If you are a Pixel Tablet owner or maybe you’ve been eyeing one now that Google sells just the tablet, this new keyboard case could vastly improve your productivity.

Google Cloud offers many great ways to run your workloads: low-level VMs in Google Compute Engine, container orchestration with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) — including via fully-managed Autopilot mode — and Cloud Run.

It feels a bit surreal that we’ve now had nearly 2 months separating us from the last Chromebook event in New York City, but here we are.