![]() Google will specify reference hardware (specific Wi-Fi cards, etc.). Will only support flash drives – not traditional hard drives! Going to market: Chrome OS – but also working with hardware manufacturers. User data on a Chrome OS machine is always encrypted.Īll the data is synced to the cloud (on the Google Drive?) – user partition on the machine is basically just a local cache.ġ0:41am: Back to Sundar Pichai, Vice President of Product Management. There is only a small list of known programs (verified and signed). Other security steps: files system is licked down every tab runs in a secure sandbox. System automatically fixes itself and re-images the computer with the last working version saves all system settings and cache data. Right now, operating systems still spend a lot of time on unnecessary boot steps (looking for floppy drives, etc.)ġ0:34am: Verified boot: makes sure all the components are working and haven’t been modified by malware. “We want Chrome OS to feel more like a television.” Instant on – all flash memory. Under the Hoodġ0:30am: Matthew Papakipos, Engineering Director for Google Chrome OS on stage now. “Every app you write for the Web is a Google Chrome OS app.”ġ0:29am: Every file opens in the browser: PDF, Microsoft Office, etc. Actually launches Windows Live Office apps to show them. Shows what happens when you click on an Excel file. You can drag and drop tabs from one window to another.Įven the file browser is a Chrome tab. Shows chess game.Ĭhrome OS will feature multiple windows. These apps will be little widgets that appear in a panel, just like Google Chat in Gmail.ġ0:23am: As netbooks get better, we expect them to become entertainment devices. UI will continue to change until release.Īpplication tabs: just like tabs in Chrome, you will be able to set persistent tabs for apps (Gmail, etc.).Īpp menu in the top left to access apps as well (see first screenshot above). “Everybody knows how to use a browser, and we want Chrome OS to feel that way. Everything runs in the browser.ġ0:18am: Demo time. Security: users don’t install binaries on the OS. Users should be able to log into any Chrome OS machine and be up and running with their apps and data in seconds. Simplicity: Chrome OS is just a browser – all your data is in the cloud. Chrome OSġ0:15am: Chrome OS will be focused on speed, simplicity, security.Įvery application on Chrome OS will be a Web application. Phones are becoming more like laptops and laptops are becoming more like phones. Example: graphics, multiple threads, real-time communicationġ0:12am: Three trends in the industry: netbooks, cloud (everything is a Web application today), phones getting computing capabilities ![]() ![]() Chrome for Linux is coming along “very well.” Extensions are coming soon as well (with automatic updates).ġ0:10am: HTML5: we want Web application to get more access to the hardware. User experience should be seamless.Ĭoming soon for Chrome: Chrome for Mac will be ready this year. Updated Chrome over 20 times in the last year, but users didn’t notice this because it happens in the background. Mostly on the JavaScript engine, but also on other parts of the browser. It has over 40 million users.įocus on speed. But they will give a demo and focus on technical demo.ġ0:06am: Google Chrome has been open-sourced.ġ0:07am: Why did we do Chrome? We wanted to push the Web forward. “Some of our attendees are unavoidably delayed in traffic.”ġ0:05am: Event gets started. ![]() Read on for our live updates from the event, which will start at 10:00 am PST.ĩ:55am: Ahead of the event, Google has already made the Chrome OS source code available.ġ0:00am: Still waiting for the event to begin. We do, however, expect to hear more details about the OS and to see a demo of Chrome OS’s functionality. We don’t expect Google to release an early build of Chrome OS today, but we would be more than happy to be wrong. According to the information we received from Google, the company plans to launch Chrome OS next year. Google has scheduled a press event for 10:00 am PST this morning where the company plans to announce more details about its Linux-based Chrome OS.
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