Weekly Issue: 2026-40

  Hi, everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 154 (154.0.8037.92) 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 154.0.8037.92/.93 for Windows and Mac and 154.0.8037.92 to Linux which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the LogSecurity changes will be updated shortly Interested in switching release channels? Find out how here.

The Extended Stable channel has been updated to 152.0.7977.149 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.

With all the excitement swirling around next week’s Googlebook retail launch, it can feel a bit tough to recommend buying an existing Chromebook right now.

Implement scroll port entry and exit effects using Modern Web Guidance with your coding agent. This demo crafts engaging, scroll-triggered animations (like growing in and shrinking out), demonstrating how using Modern Web Guidance results in a native, more resilient implementation compared to using a standalone base model.

With the first wave of launch-day Googlebook hardware landing on store shelves in just a matter of days, it would be tempting to think development work might be quiet while everyone waits to see how the market reacts.

A newly updated Google support document has been making the rounds this week, sparking a fresh wave of conversation across the web regarding the long-term future of Chromebooks.

There’s a good few years in them yet.

Rise of the Googlebook means ChromeOS users get eight years’ support, not a decade

Chromebook says your username or password cannot be verified on this current network? The account is fine. Here is how to fix the connection.

A new LTS  version 144.0.7559.264 (Platform Version: 16503.97.0), is being rolled out for most ChromeOS devices. Release notes for LTS-144 can be found here Want to know more about Long-term Support? Click hereAndy WuGoogle Chrome OS

Welcome back to The CSS Podcast! We’re diving into a series of powerful scroll APIs that enable you to build custom, interactive carousels entirely with CSS, eliminating the need for JavaScript.

When we spent hands-on time with the initial Googlebook launch fleet in New York City, it was immediately clear that each OEM took a distinct approach to Google’s high-end laptop vision. Yet, among all the clamshells on display, the ASUS Googlebook 14 turned a lot of heads.

With the first retail wave of Googlebook hardware set to land on store shelves in just a matter of days on October 4, you might expect the Chromium development repositories to take a brief breather when it comes to new devices in this category; but that’s definitely not the case at all. As first spotted…

Chrome’s “Begin browsing instantly” banner asks to launch Chrome when Windows starts. Here’s how to turn it off, and what IT admins can and can’t do.

Chrome shows ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED when your network connection changes while a page request is still in progress. This exact Chromium error code is not used by other major browsers.

Google Drive is the cloud platform for storing and organizing your Google Workspace files: documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and even media (images, audio, and video).

Today, we’re excited to announce the general availability of our next-generation Storage-optimized Z4D machine series in Google Compute Engine with both Virtual Machine (VM) and bare-metal instances.