By separating the Chrome browser from ChromeOS, your Chromebook could live on far past its normal lifespan.
Google may be readying a change to ChromeOS that could drastically extend the life of Chromebooks, and it may be coming in just a few weeks.
The update would separate Chrome browser support from ChromeOS, which would allow it to receive its own updates faster and independently from the operating system. In other words, it would function exactly how Chrome works on a Mac or Windows laptop.
As noted by AboutChromebooks, this refashioning of ChromeOS is a project called “Lacros,” and it began development back in 2020.
The benefit is that the Chrome browser can continue to update after Chromebooks are at their end-of-life and can no longer receive system updates.
