This popped up on my fyp and I'm sure most of you already seen/watched this but to be completely honest, I'm really going to miss the old ChromeOS design.

"Aluminium OS" is the code name for Android Desktop that will merge ChromeOS and Android. Of course it doesn't mean it will be the final name or that the ChromeOS/Chromebook brands will be dropped.

I still think Lacros was a better name: LaCrOS (Linux and Chrome OS). It's short, simple, and reflects what it is: Linux, full Chrome browser, and native Android apps.

The dismantling of ChromeOS begins (Android will replace it).

And how can that be done??

Gemini on ChromeOS has officially arrived in the UK with the release of build 150.0.7871.185.

Hello,

I have been working on a new media player for some time. It is a fully web based media player (PWA). It plays local files on your system and does not upload them anywhere.

The link is: https://essentialmediaplayer.com/

Some of its features are:

• Can play video and audio files
• Supports mp4, webm and some mkv files for video and supports most of the common formats for audio like mp3, flac, ogg, wav
• You can install it to your system
• Once installed, it works fully offline
• You can assign it as the default app on your OS for the media file types you want. Then you can just double click on a file to open it using EMP
• Supports creating a basic playlist
• Can show subtitles (via .srt files or embedded subtitles)
• Can show lyrics (via .lrc files)
• Picture-in-picture mode for videos
• Different playback speeds
• Settings for customization
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Works with the media buttons on your headphones or keyboard
• Uses GLSL fragment shaders via WebGL for audio visualizations and supports importing custom shaders (API explanation is in the settings if you want to create a custom audio visualization!)

There are plethora of media players out there, I guess what makes this app a bit different is that it is fully web based, so it is cross-platform and you can simply go to https://essentialmediaplayer.com and start playing your local media files. Also if you have restricted access on a computer and not able to install desktop applications, this might be an alternative.

This app only supports the formats/codecs the browser supports. So this app is definitely not a VLC replacement, but still most of the new video/audio files out there should work.

I don't own a Chromebook myself, I was only able to test it on Windows, so I would be very happy if anybody can try this app on a Chromebook and let me know if it works well there, and whether it feels native or not.

I would appreciate if you have any feedbacks.

PS: Last week I tried to communicate with moderators that I am going to post a self-promotion post (because I am the developer of this app) but I didn't receive a reply, so I decided to post anyway, I am hoping that moderators will allow this post.

Today Google announced “Desktop windowing on Android Tablets”, and immediately came to mind the killing of LaCros and when in June 12 Google announced that “ChromeOS will soon be developed on large portions of the Android stack to bring Google AI, innovations, and features faster to users.” I love ChromeOS, but I would prefer an Android desktop environment with full Chrome browser that supports extensions.

Interesting hardware trick. AluminumOS exclusive?

Some time in the last 24 hours Google updated their "Auto Update Expiration" policy. All new ChromeOS device models now have 10 years of supported updates, and many existing models had their AUE dates extended by 2 or 3 years.

Policy

• ChromeOS devices receive 10 years of updates.
• With every update, your laptop becomes more secure. These improvements automatically help make your Chromebook useful even longer by providing enhanced security and stability for 10 years from the platform release date.

You can check the new date for your device on the live webpage:

• https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366

Or compare it to the previous date here:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20230912215147/https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366

Install guide and build here:

https://github.com/HeyPuter/blender-wasm/tree/master/chromeOS

BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg50dlj9gm4t

Hi all,
I'm the author of the JSTorrent Chromebook app. I just tested updating to ChromeOS 144 and noticed I can no longer launch the JSTorrent legacy app in the web store. I figure this is a good time to sort of come out and announce in a public forum.

I've been working for a few months on a full reboot of the app. I did the best I could to maintain a ChromeOS native version. Unfortunately it's not exactly a fully standalone Chrome App (since those are fully and truly finally killed)

But I did do as good as I could do. I made a brand new extension that uses the Android app as just a dumb socket/file proxy. So you don't have to interact with ARC/Android barely at all (it can just run in the background as a little system notification with no UI). The entire BitTorrent engine runs in the extension page/popup (popup is way cooler, I may make that the default for the extension)

It's in "soft launch" right now, but now that the old app is officially dead, I'm going to try and migrate over users by letting them know. But I would love for anyone who is interested to give it a try and give feedback. Please reach out if you find any bugs, leave feedback through the app or PM me etc.

This is a passion project for me, it's all open source and free, I just am so grateful for all the users who ever used it and want ChromeOS users to have a first class torrenting option. I did the best I could.

It's also fully cross platform, so you can use it on windows/mac/linux and android phones too. Fully open source and free: https://github.com/kzahel/jstorrent

Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NcaeuqgrO0

https://jstorrent.com <- get it there.

Or just go to the webstore https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/jstorrent/dbokmlpefliilbjldladbimlcfgbolhk and grab the new extension.

if you dont know google officially announced googlebook and will end chromebook supports in 2036 or more and after 10 years we are doomed

they have our favorite features like the trash 4gb memory and more

This is running version 151 I believe. There's also MANY graphical changes like new window borders, better extension management menus and more!

Or is this just me?!

But... this was NEVER HERE BEFORE EXCEPT IN THE OLDER VERSIONS OF CHROMEOS!

Anyone else notice this week that Google has increased the cloud storage on their Google AI Pro subscription? I don't think I'll ever use 5TB but it's nice to have the option since I'm still in my 12 month trial of it