Google released a few updates to Chrome OS , which, among other things, adds support for scanners and downloading music from Google Play Music on Chromebooks with a processor based on the ARM architecture.
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Last week, Google has updated the stable channel of Chrome OS to version 40, bringing a new design on the image of the default wallpaper, support for synchronizing custom wallpapers, and more again.
This week, the Chrome OS beta channel is logically passed to version 41. One of the most notable new features in this beta channel is the support for Spyglass , a service that allows you to connect a compatible scanner interface SANE compliant a Chromebook or Chromebox to scan documents using a Chrome application.
Another recent change to Chrome OS allows people to use a Chromebook with a processor based on ARM architecture - such as the HP Chromebook 11, the Acer Chromebook 13, or the Samsung Chromebook Series 3 - and download music Google Play Music from their laptops.
All in all, Chrome OS is becoming more versatile and robust operating system, and each new iteration . Although still an OS built around a web browser, it's a long time that Chrome OS is no longer an ordinary web browser.
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Last week, Google has updated the stable channel of Chrome OS to version 40, bringing a new design on the image of the default wallpaper, support for synchronizing custom wallpapers, and more again.
Another recent change to Chrome OS allows people to use a Chromebook with a processor based on ARM architecture - such as the HP Chromebook 11, the Acer Chromebook 13, or the Samsung Chromebook Series 3 - and download music Google Play Music from their laptops.
All in all, Chrome OS is becoming more versatile and robust operating system, and each new iteration . Although still an OS built around a web browser, it's a long time that Chrome OS is no longer an ordinary web browser.