Chrome OS will now update more often than before
Update cycle of Chrome OS and Chrome will merge in Q3 2021
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Googlehas decided to switchChrome OSto a speedier four-week update release cycle, once again moving it in line with its Chromeweb browser.
The announcement comes a few months after Google decided to putChrome on a faster update trajectorywith new milestone releases every four weeks instead of six.
The changes to theChrome browserwill kick in with the release of Chrome 94 in Q3 2021. In ablog post, Chrome OS release TPM lead Marina Kazatcker said that in order to sync the accelerated schedules of Chrome OS with Chrome, the default OS on theChromebookswill forgo its M95 release.
“To deliver new features more rapidly to consumers while also continuing to prioritize the key pillars of Chrome OS—security, stability, speed and simplicity—Chrome OS will move to a four-week stable channel starting with M96 in Q4,” announced Kazatcker.
Incremental changes
From Kazatcker’s post it appears the change in the schedule has been done in view of the increased pace of security incidents. Cutting down the delivery of updates by two weeks will help Google push security updates earlier than before.
“As we head into our next decade, these changes enable us to evolve Chrome OS to keep helping people get things done and to provide more helpful and secure experiences,” wrote Kazatcker.
However, just as it announced with the faster Chrome updates, Google will also have a new slower update channel for enterprise users that will offer a six-month release cycle. Kazatcker will be sharing more details about the enterprise release cycle in due course.
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With almost two decades of writing and reporting on Linux, Mayank Sharma would like everyone to think he’sTechRadar Pro’sexpert on the topic. Of course, he’s just as interested in other computing topics, particularly cybersecurity, cloud, containers, and coding.
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