Google To Release New OS On October 4 Event

Google will be releasing Google Home, the biggest step from the big G to make your homes a smart home, on the October 4 event. Along with that there is something else coming to the Chrome OS and Android.

Google is preparing to combine the two OS’es into a single OS codenamed Andromeda - as of the rumors. Even though the new OS is in development stage, it is expected that a beta release will be announced on October 4.

Some Chromebooks are already able to run Android apps natively. By combining Android and ChromeOS into a new Andromeda OS, Google is planning to increase its reach to more mobile platforms. Last year, The Wall Street Journal predicted that Andromeda would be seen in 2016, and now we are in the fourth quarter of 2016. All this makes us even more excited about what Google has in store during the event on October 4

Soon You Could Unlock Chromebook With PIN

People who have used Chromebook should defenitely have come across the burden of typing your google account password everytime you log in to your Chromebook. Even though Google Chromebooks are known as one of the safest laptops, typing your google accounts master password every time to log on, has another risk of beeing overseen by others by standing in your back when you are loging on.

Now as another way of eliminating that risk, Google is creating a new feature to Chrome OS, a little easier for users to connect - PIN system available as an alternative to the name user and default password combo. Chrome OS users in the developer channel can now switch on this feature by  a simple tweak. Head to chrome://flags then enable chrome://flags/#quick-unlock-pin. Restart Chrome OS and open up the Material Design settings page to set up a PIN.

There is also another convenient way comming, which requires no typing at-all. The new feature which Google calls by the name - Smart Lock - allows users to unlock their Chromebook with a trusted Android device.