What is Chrome OS Flex?
A couple of years back, Google acquired Neverware, which was a New York-based company that was working on developing CloudReady. It allowed the users to breathe new life into older generation PCs and run Chrome OS. CloudReady was essentially built on the open-source Chromium OS base. Google took over this project in February 2022 and released the first beta of Chrome OS Flex (CloudReady 2.0) based on Chrome OS. It was Google’s official desktop OS with support for Google Assistants and other Google services. It came with full Linux Support but Google Play Store didn’t make an appearance. After 6 months, Google has released the stable build of Chrome OS Flex with support for over 295 certified devices. Google is offering Chrome OS Flex to Enterprise users and for Education purposes for free. Regular users can also install Chrome OS Flex on their old Macbooks and Windows PCs. The primary aim behind this project is to make use of old hardware and offer speedy performance, which is on par with modern computers. As Google is maintaining this project for hundreds of devices, you can expect greater support from a myriad of different manufacturers, including Apple, HP, Asus, and more.
