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Google plans to kill ChromeOS by 2034
Google's support page confirms it will end ChromeOS updates in eight years, replacing it with Android-based Googlebooks.
In brief
Google's support page confirms it will end ChromeOS updates in eight years, replacing it with Android-based Googlebooks. Google will stop supporting ChromeOS in mid-twenty thirty-four, shifting schools and businesses to its premium Googlebooks instead. Originally reported by Ars Technica.
Google launches Android laptops
Google is releasing Googlebooks, Android-based laptops designed to compete with macOS and Windows. They aim to replace Chromebooks.
Support page reveals the timeline
A Google support page for Chrome Enterprise and Education customers states the company will continue ChromeOS support through mid-twenty thirty-four.
This was already hinted at
The twenty thirty-four date appeared in a court filing, but putting it on a public support page makes the plan far more official.
Google plans to migrate devices
Rather than extend ChromeOS support indefinitely, Google intends to upgrade newer Chromebooks to Googlebook OS in what it calls a direct migration.
Schools and businesses face a problem
Chromebooks are cheap and widely used in schools and business. Googlebooks start at eight hundred ninety-nine dollars and lack comparable management tools.
Google stays quiet about the shift
Google has only said Chromebooks will continue to exist, but the support page signals the platform's days are numbered. Organizations may face budget pressures.
The bottom line
Google will stop supporting ChromeOS in mid-twenty thirty-four, shifting schools and businesses to its premium Googlebooks instead.
