Google ending ChromeOS support two years early
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os platforms Rise of the Googlebook means ChromeOS users get eight years' support, not a decade Google’s basic mathematical skills appear a little fragile, after the company revealed its promise of ten years of support for new Chromebooks will only last for eight years. The web giant’s calculation problem appeared in a support document titled “What the Googlebook announcement means for your ChromeOS devices.” Googlebooks are the big G’s replacement for Chromebooks, the web-centric computers it launched in 2011 and which run ChromeOS. Chromebooks have won plenty of admirers in the education sector, especially schools which see them as a fine way to get decent and well-priced computers into kids’ hands without having to take on the burden of managing a full OS. The newer Googlebook range uses more powerful processors than their predecessors, plus a new OS called Googlebook OS that bakes in Google’s Gemini AI – a product the Chocolate Factory is very keen to see succeed as the great AI land grab continues. Google has so far launched Googlebooks only for consumers. None of the web giant’s five current Googlebook hardware partners designed their first models for the education market or other fleet buyers. Those five, and many other OEMs, continue to crank out Chromebooks. Google’s support policy for Chromebooks includes ten years of updates. However the support document states...
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Details on migration paths and device eligibility will be shared at a later date,” the document explains.
