Chrome OS 99 released: What’s new?

Introduction

Google has distributed Chrome OS version 99 since early March 2022 and has improved some things with it!

The version has already arrived on my Pixelbook Go and Lenovo Chromebook Duet Tablet 10. 🙂

New directly available features

• Pinning applications directly from the Launcher
• Creating GIFs [Wikipedia] via the Camera app
• Conversion of the Files app to a Progressive Web App (PWA) [Wikipedia] completed
• Faster Desktop creation: in the overview, drag a window directly into a desktop
• Better palm ignoring when typing with a digitizer
• Nearby Share: Background scan introduced to find new devices easier

New Chrome OS Flags

Attention, these are partly still experimental!

chrome://flags/#side-search

Activates the new sidebar for searching in Chrome.

chrome://flags/#side-search-state-per-tab

Activates the new sidebar for searching in Chrome per Tab:

chrome://flags/#files-filters-in-recents

Activates the filter function (audio, image, video) in the “Recent” view in the Files app:

chrome://flags/#enable-jxl

Enables the ability to open jxl files [Wikipedia] in the Files app and view them with the image viewer.

Sources: Chrome OS – System settings: “See what’s new,” 9to5google, Chrome Unboxed.

Important Notes

Notes for beginners: My posts usually contain some basics that you can understand how to proceed. I partly repeat the basics in other posts, so you don’t have to jump back and forth all the time.

Here is the meaning of the abbreviations after the headings: [E] Everyone [A] Advanced [B] Beginner [P] Professional

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Notes for professionals: My posts usually have the form of a knowledge base entry and should be equally suitable for beginners, advanced users, and professionals. Just pick out what you need immediately. You can also find content specifically targeted to professionals. These are marked accordingly with [P] and other finger points.

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Disclaimer of liability: As always on this blog, I warn you that all changes to your system mentioned in this post are at your own risk! It is theoretically possible that there are system or application errors that could lead to data loss and further problems!

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