More details on ChromeOS’s planned phase out emerge | Infinium-tech

Google is preparing a change in its operating system landscape and ChromeOS is getting the final say. According to recently released court documents from the US vs. Google antitrust case The VergeGoogle plans to phase out ChromeOS completely by 2034.

Why that year in particular? Well, Google’s last major ChromeOS hardware platform release was in 2023 and that means it has to honor its ten-year support obligation until 2033-2034.

The new development comes from the transcript of the case where Google lawyers confirmed that their client wanted to unify Android and Chrome into a single desktop operating system known internally as Aluminum OS. The merger of ChromeOS and Android was confirmed last year by the president of the Android ecosystem.

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The new report suggests that “commercial trusted testers” will get early access to Aluminum OS in late 2026, while its wider rollout should occur in 2028. A leaked version of Aluminum OS appeared Last week, some of its design elements were showcased, which as expected, looks like a mix between Android and ChromeOS.

We also get an infographic describing the tech stack similarities and differences between ChromeOS and Aluminum. The new OS is described as “ChromeOS built on the Android stack” and will apparently have special privileges for first-party Google apps like the Chrome browser.

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