# 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.
- Title: Google plans to kill ChromeOS by 2034 · Ars Technica
- Summary: Google's support page confirms it will end ChromeOS updates in eight years, replacing it with Android-based Googlebooks. Google will stop supporting ChromeOS…
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- Source: Ars Technica — https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/google-seemingly-confirms-plans-to-kill-chromeos-in-2034
- Published: 2026-09-28T18:04:59+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: google, chromeos, googlebooks, android, chromebooks, product discontinuation, technology, science
## 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.
## Key takeaway

Google will stop supporting ChromeOS in mid-twenty thirty-four, shifting schools and businesses to its premium Googlebooks instead.