Weekly Issue: 2024-40

When we first found evidence of a higher-spec version of the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus via Geekbench 6, it was before the device was made official by both Google and Samsung two weeks ago.

With ChromeOS 130 later this month, Google will roll out a Recorder app for Chromebook Plus. From real-time transcription that works offline to speaker identification and summaries, there are more than a few similarities with the Pixel Recorder app.

Hello All,The Dev channel has been updated to 131.0.6752.0 (Platform version: 16052.0.0) 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.

The Dev channel has been updated to 131.0.6753.0 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.

This morning, Samsung made the Galaxy Chromebook Plus available on their site for what ended up being a surprisingly-fast delivery window. You can order your shiny, new Galaxy Chromebook Plus today and expect it early next week. At least for now, that is.

A project at Google that allowed Android devices to run ChromeOS with essentially the click of a button is coming to an end, as Google isn’t further developing “Ferrochrome.”

WebAssembly provides ChromeOS Enterprise developers with a powerful tool for creating high-performance, cross-platform, and secure web applications. To learn more about WebAssembly, check out the following links: WebAssembly portal → https://goo.gle/3Y4qV20 WebAssembly talk at Google I/O ‘24 → https://goo.gle/3ZKKwp6 How we use WebAssembly at Google → https://goo.

I’ve said it already a few times this week, but I’m a bit blown away by how much tighter the launches of both the Lenovo Chromebook Duet 11″ and the new Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus have been.

Ah, gestures. Whether we’re waltzin’ around the world or working on a touch-enabled tech toy, don’t you just love how much you can convey with a simple swish of a single finger?

The Beta channel is being updated to OS version: 16033.17.0, Browser version: 130.0.6723.25 for most ChromeOS devices.If you find new issues, please let us know one of the following ways:File 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.

Una and Adam recap the season! They share their favorite features, stories, and use cases. Season 5 covered popovers, dialogs, top layers, trig functions, color functions, :has() tricks, balanced text wrapping, linear() easing, nesting, anchoring, state queries, view transitions, and scroll driven animation. What a year for CSS!

The official availability for the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus was made public earlier today and I almost missed a very important part of the overall announcement among all the rest of the features and details we already knew about.

Over the past year, the pace of innovation across industries and around the world has been extraordinary. At Google, we’re inspired by the public sector’s ingenuity and speed in adopting our AI and security innovations to achieve remarkable outcomes together.

In our 20 years of experience integrating AI into real-world applications an important theme emerges: the key to building enterprise gen AI applications is having a trustworthy, scalable data foundation that supports the scale and performance needs of the largest workloads.

Editor’s note: Ping Xie is a Valkey maintainer on the Valkey Technical Steering Committee (TSC) Today, we’re thrilled to announce Valkey 8.0 on Memorystore in preview, making Google Cloud the first major cloud platform to offer Valkey 8.0 as a fully managed service.

The Beta channel has been updated to 130.0.6723.31 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.

Since first laying eyes on the new Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus, I’ve wanted one on my desk. While not the perfect device for everyone, this new, slim, light, 15.6-inch OLED-toting Chromebook has me very, very excited to put it through the paces when it does arrive.

It’s been a wild week for Chromebooks and ChromeOS.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 131 (131.0.6752.0) 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.

The ChromeOS Long Term Support Candidate has been promoted to ChromeOS LTS 126 and is rolling out to most ChromeOS devices. The current version is 126.0.6478.254 (Platform Version: 15886.79.0).

This week has been fun as a Chromebook fan, I’m not going to lie.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 130 (130.0.6723.27) 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.

Google is rolling out ChromeOS 129 with the latest Chromebook Plus features announced yesterday, including the Quick Insert menu.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 130 (130.0.6723.29) 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

When I provide Chromebook training to teachers, one of my favorite jokes is asking my audience to locate the caps lock key on their Chromebook keyboard. Long-time Chromebook users will immediately realize the joke as Chromebooks feature a “search” key where the caps lock key is normally located.

The dialog element and popover attribute are exciting ways to spruce up your web page. Learn what this interactive element does to a web page, use cases, the similarities and differences between the two. Resources: Popover API lands in Baseline → https://goo.gle/3Vo2dIs Baseline → https://goo.gle/baseline-webdev Watch more This is Baseline → https://goo.

Right on the heels of new hardware being announced alongside of a slew of new features for both Chromebook and Chromebook Plus this week, the ChromeOS team is now rolling out ChromeOS 129 to all users and it is hitting with some pretty nice perks.

Google Cloud is committed to ensuring that your data remains safe, secure, and firmly under your control. This begins with fortifying the very foundation of your compute infrastructure — your Compute Engine virtual machines (VMs) — with the power of Confidential Computing.

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, businesses demand a database that delivers not only exceptional performance, but also embraces open standards and avoids vendor lock-in.

Embracing gen AI means providing delightful AI-driven experiences to your users. As you take this journey, databases provide the foundation for building enterprise gen AI apps that are accurate, relevant and grounded in enterprise truth. At Google Cloud, we’re focused on helping you in three key ways.

We live in a multi-device world. At a minimum, you almost certainly have both a computer and a phone — and potentially many more devices than that! And when it comes to transferring files between your Windows PC and whatever phone you’re using, you’re absolutely spoiled for choice.

Did you ever watch the early 2000s TV series Scrubs? The show revolved around a young doctor named JD who always meant well but often got lost in his own head and ended up making ill-advised decisions.

   Hi, everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 129 (129.0.6668.81) 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 129.0.6668.89/.90 for Windows, Mac and 129.0.6668.89 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 128.0.6613.178 for Windows and Mac which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how here.