A stable release of Chrome OS Flex is expected to roll out in the second quarter of 2022. Google acquired Neverware in December 2020, and in February 2022 it announced the first public fruits of that acquisition: Chrome OS Flex, a more robust version of CloudReady that's still free for home use. You don't get tech support, and it can't be managed with the Google Admin console, but again: free. And although Neverware has paid versions for enterprise and education users, its Home Edition is free for personal use. Google's Chrome OS isn't available for consumers to install, but you can get the next best thing: Neverware's CloudReady Chromium OS.ĬloudReady looks and feels nearly identical to Chrome OS, but it can be installed on nearly any laptop or desktop, whether Windows or Mac.
at least, not the same way that you're able to install the latest Windows OS or a version of Linux.
Do a web search for 'how to install Chrome OS on a laptop' or anything like that and you likely discovered that it can't be done.
