ChromeOS and the Chrome browser become more independent and receive updates from Linux
Google may launch a new version of its ChromeOS operating system this month. This information was published on the About Chromebooks website.
The main feature of the innovation is the separation of ChromeOS and the Chrome browser. This means that Google will be able to update both parts independently of each other. This new feature will be available in ChromeOS 116 and later.
The project was called Lacros, which stands for Linux and ChRome OS. Thanks to it, ChromeOS and the Chrome browser will work separately. They used to work as one system, but now they will become two different programs: ash-chrome for the system interface and lacros-chrome for the web browser.
To make ChromeOS more similar to Linux, Google changed the graphics display system from its own Freon format to the popular Linux Wayland format. As a result, ChromeOS will have more modern and reliable graphics.
Due to these changes, the browser in ChromeOS will also change. It will be the same as the Chrome browser for Linux, which is already used in Ubuntu and other desktop Linux OSes.
The new project has been in development for two years and soon all users will be able to evaluate it. These changes should make it easier to update ChromeOS and may even extend the life of older ChromeOS devices. Thanks to it, Google will be able to make updates and changes to ChromeOS faster.
