Chromebooks discharged for this present year will get eight years of programming backing and programmed refreshes contrasted with the past normal of six years, Google said Tuesday. The organization said the move is expected to broaden the life expectancy of 40 million gadgets utilized by understudies and educators – and simultaneously it has expanded the rundown cost of the Chrome Education Upgrade from $30 to $38.
Some Chromebook models have been the subject of analysis as of late dependent on their working framework bolster impediments, and the consequent security vulnerabilities innate in utilizing an obsolete OS.
“At the point when we previously propelled Chromebooks, gadgets just got three years of programmed refreshes. Throughout the years, we’ve had the option to expand that to more than six. The previous fall, we expanded [Automatic Update Policy] on numerous gadgets right now available to be purchased, much of the time including an additional year or more before they lapse,” Google said in a blog entry.
Google said the new Lenovo 10e Chromebook Tablet and Acer Chromebook 712 will both get programmed refreshes until June 2028.
