Oh boy. Not lengthy after reporting on the subset of Chromebooks which can be caught on ChromeOS 116, there’s unhealthy information in regards to the ChromeOS 119 launch. The replace grew to become accessible on November 15. Then on the twenty first, a reader emailed me to say it was pulled. Chrome Unboxed reported this on the twenty fourth and I’ve been looking for out the rationale ChromeOS 119 was yanked for practically per week.
Why was the ChromeOS 119 launch pulled?
Frankly, I’m stumped. I’ve scoured the Chromium bug listing for hours over the previous a number of days. Positive, I see varied bugs reported and being labored on, however none that recommend a show-stopper incident that might trigger Google to revert again to ChromeOS 118.
After all, it’s attainable that the bug info isn’t publicly accessible. Though Chromium is an open-source undertaking, I’ve seen an increasing number of that Google is retaining work on ChromeOS options and bugs behind closed doorways.
That’s been taking place for many of this yr. And it’s in all probability the fault of individuals like me who search the information after which report on upcoming options. So… my unhealthy.
Provided that I’ve come up empty to this point, I reached out to a Google contact for any info on the problem with ChromeOS 119. If and once I hear again I’ll replace this publish.
ChromeOS 120 is an choice however…
Within the meantime, there’s not a lot you are able to do in case your Chromebook is now operating ChromeOS 118. You can all the time change from the Steady Channel to the Beta Channel after which get ChromeOS 120. I wouldn’t suggest that for most individuals although. Until there’s some characteristic in 119 that was crucial to you, I’d wait and let Google type it out.
You may assume, “Wait, they’ve had practically per week to determine this out.” Sure, however bear in mind final week was a brief one within the U.S.
We had our Thanksgiving vacation so it was actually half a workweek. That’s an “at finest” scenario too as a result of it’s frequent for people to make use of PTO throughout this time.
ChromeOS releases should be rock-solid
Trying on the greater image although, this case is just a little regarding.
First, we had the USB firmware on the Lenovo Duet Chromebook 5 that’s held again software program updates for practically three months. And now, a serious launch was pushed, then eliminated, from each supported Chromebook. It’s not the primary time it’s occurred. Every time it does although, my belief and religion in software program updates wavers just a bit extra.
If you consider it, Chromebooks are extra like computing home equipment moderately than conventional computer systems. You actually don’t get the selection to improve (or downgrade) the working system. That’s successfully as much as Google. Your customization skills are restricted too, though I believe the new Materials You design options and customized wallpaper settings assist fairly a bit there.
So when an equipment will get an improve and there are issues, it may be an enormous problem. Fortunately, there are two “copies” of ChromeOS on each Chromebook. One is the present model and one is the prior. Google can simply revert again to a model typically.
And that’s good. However radio silence on updates gone unhealthy will not be look. Heck, the unique Chromebook Neighborhood publish asserting ChromeOS 119 continues to be up with no extra info. Hopefully, we get some readability across the problem quickly.
