Chrome OS 100 brings new Launcher design to Chromebooks

Like its Chrome browser counterpart, Chrome OS has lastly reached its a centesimal model. Google totally updates its working system every four weeks or so. The new launch comes with a brand new design for Chrome OS’s launcher meant to make it extra intuitive and customizable for Chromebook customers.

The launcher (for Windows customers, it’s the equal of the beginning menu) has a friendlier design than earlier launchers have, with extra rounded corners. It now opens from the facet of the display screen slightly than the middle. (This is round the place the Windows begin menu was for ages — it has, funnily sufficient, moved to the middle in Windows 11).

There are new choices for sorting icons as properly — you possibly can manually organize them and may arrange them by title or colour. The search bar will present extra detailed previews from Google as you sort and may search between Chrome your tabs you probably have a bunch open.

This launcher has been floating round for some time; it was noticed within the here-be-dragons Canary channel final summer season. Its early days had some kinks, which Google has presumably had ample time to work out.

Other updates coming to Chrome OS embrace a brand new dictation edit characteristic — now you can say “delete” whereas dictating to delete the earlier letter you typed or “move to next character” to make your cursor hop a letter ahead — GIF creation within the digicam app, YouTube supervision in Family Link, and a brand new YouTube app with offline entry. For IT directors, Google’s Admin console has a brand new report “for a quick look at which devices need attention.”