14 DAY TRIAL // Chromebook users are by definition early adopters. Perhaps not the corporate ones, but there probably aren't that many of those yet. But there are early adopters even among early adopters and, in this case, they're running the dev channel version of Chrome OS to power their notebooks.
For them, Google has an update which comes with several bugs fixed a few new features and updates, and, unfortunately, with a number of known issues as well. But don't let that ruin your fun.
Here's what you get with the latest Chrome OS 0.14.811.47 update, if you're running the dev channel version.
On the one hand, you get the latest beta version of Google Chrome, i.e. Chrome 14.0.835.98.
Google figures that you've got a lot on your plate just by running the dev channel version of the OS, so you get a slightly more stable, beta version of the Chrome browser, the core of the platform anyway.
And this is what else you get:
- A number of stability issues along with other bugs. - Update ChromeVox with new version. - Update the Netflix plugin to 1.1.4. Unfortunately, you also get a few known issues:
- System reboots or stuck with black screen on closing and opening the lid quickly for few times. - Feedback tool no longer finds existing screenshots. - 3G activate successfully but with connection error. These issues will be fixed in a later update, but you'll have to live with them until then. Unless, of course you disable automatic updates, but that probably is not the best idea.
That's pretty much it, if you own a Samsung Series 5, Acer AC700 or an early Cr-48 that Google sent out to lucky users and developers, you should already be running the latest version of Chrome OS, assuming of course that you're on the dev channel.