Chrome Enterprise and Education release notes

For administrators who manage Chrome browser or ChromeOS devices for a business or school.

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ChromeOS 150 release summary

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Current ChromeOS updates

• Gemini in Class Tools 

  As early as ChromeOS 150, Class Tools allows educators to lock students to Gemini’s Guided Learning mode during class time, reducing distractions and keeping students focused on their assignments. This functionality also extends across teacher-led experiences available in Google Classroom, such as restricting test prep sessions, preventing device navigation beyond Search, and locking student screens to NotebookLM to anchor class time to approved research material. 

  Available with Google Workspace for Education Plus or Teaching and Learning add-on only. For more information, see Compare Editions - Google for Education.

   

  

• End of support for Chrome Apps in Kiosk sessions 

  ChromeOS 150 is the last ChromeOS release supporting Chrome Apps in Kiosk sessions. Starting with ChromeOS 151, Chrome apps on ChromeOS will stop working in Kiosk sessions. Apps that are force-installed through the Admin console for Managed Guest sessions (MGS) and user sessions will continue to be supported

• Local PIN and password on managed Chromebooks 

  ChromeOS 150 adds two new enterprise policies that allow users to enable local PIN and passwords for their managed Chromebooks. Additionally, Admins can configure minimum complexity requirements for local PINs or passwords. For more details on these policies, see:

  • AllowedLocalAuthFactors
  • LocalAuthFactorsComplexity

• Automatic migration for local PIN or password users 

  Starting in ChromeOS 150, a small percentage of managed Enterprise and Education users who added an account on ChromeOS in late June 2026, who configured a local PIN or password, will be automatically switched back to standard online password authentication.

  After updating to ChromeOS 150 and signing in, affected users will see a one-time informational screen explaining that their device authentication has reverted to their online account password. Their local PIN or password will be removed and these users will have to sign in with their online Google account authentication method.

  Note: No action is required by Admins; this switch occurs automatically to ensure device authentication aligns with organizational identity policies. User profiles, local files, and device data remain completely unaffected.

• Isolated Web Apps unmanaged install 

  ChromeOS 150 lets users manually install Isolated Web Apps. Admins can control this feature using the IsolatedWebAppUserInstallationEnabled policy.

  To set the policy, open your Google Admin console and navigate to Devices > Chrome > Apps & Extensions > User app settings > Isolated Web App Installation.

• Enhanced reauthentication mechanisms 

  ChromeOS 150 improves the reliability of reauthentication mechanisms, leading to less unexpected reauthentication requests on the login screen. This update optimizes checks and fetches for token handles stored against the user’s account.

  For more detail, see related policies for login frequency and reauthentication settings in Set Chrome policies for users or browsers  - Chrome Enterprise and Education Help.

• ChromeOS 150 includes next available LTC release 

  With ChromeOS 150, we begin support for the next long-term support candidate (LTC) release, LTC Release 150, which starts to roll out on July 21, 2026. For more details, see the Chromium release schedule and Long-term Support (LTS) on ChromeOS in the Chrome Enterprise and Education Help Center.

Upcoming ChromeOS changes

• Inverted color option for mouse cursor 

  ChromeOS already allows users to change their mouse cursor size and color. ChromeOS will soon add a new color option that inverts the content underneath the cursor. This can be especially helpful for users with large cursor sizes, because content underneath the cursor is still visible.

• Updates blocked for certain ChromeOS Flex devices 

  From ChromeOS 151 onwards, we will begin blocking updates for devices unable to meet the minimum requirements for the Chrome Browser. This will affect devices using the following:

  • Intel and AMD graphics from 2010 and older 
  • Nvidia graphics from 2014 and older 

  This does not affect any certified devices. If unexpected devices are affected, reach out to Google ChromeOS Flex support.

• Upcoming change to ChromeOS release numbering 

  Starting with ChromeOS 154, ChromeOS will continue to be released every 4 weeks, but the release number will be incremented by 2 (instead of 1). This change is to align numbering with the new Chrome browser 2-week release cadence. You can find more details in the Chrome for Developers blog post.

  For customers on the Long-term Support channel, the duration between LTS releases is not changing; LTS will continue to release every 6 months. With the transition to the new release numbering, LTS versioning will  increment every 12 versions. For more information, see the Chromium release schedule and Long-term Support (LTS) release notes in the Chrome Enterprise and Education Help Center.

  

• Certificate Provisioning migration 

  By the end of December 2026, Admins will need to migrate from the legacy certificate enrollment solution to the new one using the Certificate Provisioning API, which was launched in ChromeOS 142. 

  For instructions, see Configuring Certificate Provisioning for ChromeOS via SCEP - Chrome Enterprise and Education Help.