Chrome OS 100 brings new Launcher design to Chromebooks

Like its Chrome browser counterpart, Chrome OS has lastly reached its a hundredth model. Google totally updates its working system each 4 weeks or so. The brand new launch comes with a brand new design for Chrome OS’s launcher meant to make it extra intuitive and customizable for Chromebook customers.

The launcher (for Home windows customers, it’s the equal of the beginning menu) has a friendlier design than earlier launchers have, with extra rounded corners. It now opens from the aspect of the display moderately than the middle. (That is round the place the Home windows begin menu was for ages — it has, funnily sufficient, moved to the middle in Home windows 11).

There are new choices for sorting icons as nicely — you may manually prepare them and may manage them by identify or coloration. The search bar will present extra detailed previews from Google as you sort and may search between Chrome your tabs when you’ve got a bunch open.

This launcher has been floating round for some time; it was noticed within the here-be-dragons Canary channel final summer time. Its early days had some kinks, which Google has presumably had ample time to work out.

Different updates coming to Chrome OS embrace a brand new dictation edit characteristic — now you can say “delete” whereas dictating to delete the earlier letter you typed or “transfer to subsequent character” to make your cursor hop a letter ahead — GIF creation within the digicam app, YouTube supervision in Household Hyperlink, and a brand new YouTube app with offline entry. For IT directors, Google’s Admin console has a brand new report “for a fast have a look at which units want consideration.”