Google introduces ChromeOS Flex, allowing businesses to install an auto-updating version of the Chrome operating system on Windows devices, providing ongoing security updates and features like data encryption. This initiative aims to prevent millions of PCs from being discarded after Microsoft’s end of support for Windows 10 in 2025, offering a sustainable solution to extend the lifespan of Windows devices.
15 February 2024 – Google, under its parent company Alphabet, announced on Wednesday a new initiative, ChromeOS Flex, allowing businesses to install an auto-updating version of the Chrome operating system on Windows devices. With Microsoft’s impending end of support for Windows 10 in 2025, ChromeOS Flex aims to provide regular security updates and features like data encryption, offering a sustainable solution to potentially prevent millions of PCs from being discarded.
As Microsoft plans to discontinue support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, Google’s ChromeOS Flex emerges as a timely solution, enabling users to continue utilizing their Windows 10 systems with ongoing security updates and features. The initiative seeks to address concerns raised by a Canalys Research report, projecting that approximately 240 million PCs could end up in landfills due to the termination of Windows 10 support. – ref: Reuters
