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Chrome Dev for Desktop Update

The Dev channel has been updated to 154.0.8025.0 for Windows, Mac and Linux.

A partial list of changes is available in the Git log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.

Chrome Release Team
Google Chrome

Enterprise-Grade Precision for Long-Context Multimodal Embedding Inference on Cloud TPU

Google Cloud has natively integrated TPU support into the vLLM serving engine, allowing developers to elastically scale high-demand embedding pipelines using Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). To handle massive 15K+ token contexts for models like Qwen3-Embedding-8B, the engineering team implemented TPU-specific optimizations such as hardware-safe tensor alignment, JAX/XLA compilation pre-warming, and a hybrid StepPool architecture for chunked prefill management. These enhancements achieve near-perfect numerical parity with reference GPU baselines, and developers can immediately leverage the open-sourced setup recipes on the AI-Hypercomputer GitHub to build their own high-throughput semantic retrieval applications.

Stable Channel Update for ChromeOS / ChromeOS Flex

M-151, ChromeOS version 16733.57.0 (Browser version 151.0.7922.221) has rolled out to ChromeOS devices on the Stable channel. 

If you find new issues, please let us know one of the following ways:

  1. File a bug

  2. Visit our ChromeOS communities

    1. General: Chromebook Help Community

    2. Beta Specific: ChromeOS Beta Help Community

  3. Report an issue or send feedback on Chrome

  4. Interested in switching channels? Find out how.


Andy Wu

Google ChromeOS

Google Classroom now supports Context-Aware Access controls

We’re excited to introduce the ability to specify Context-Aware Access policies to control access to Google Classroom. This update allows Google Workspace administrators to set granular security parameters for Classroom access directly from the Admin console. For example, an organization can create a policy that permits users to access Classroom only if they are connecting from a specific geographic region.

Expanding Context-Aware Access to Classroom gives administrators deeper control over their digital learning environments. Security policies can be tailored based on specific user attributes, including user identity, geographic location, device security status, and IP address.

By incorporating Classroom into broader organizational security frameworks, administrators can seamlessly manage access permissions across their Workspace apps. This ensures that sensitive school and student data remains protected, while making certain that only authorized users can connect to Classroom under secure, approved conditions.





Getting started

  • Admins: Context-Aware Access for Google Classroom can be configured at the organizational unit (OU) or group level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Context-Aware Access, creating Context-Aware Access levels, and assigning Context-Aware Access levels to apps.
  • End users:  If enabled by your admin, you can access Google Classroom when authenticating using your Google sign-in. If your organization’s Context-Aware Access settings are not set to allow access, you may see a message letting you know that you cannot use Google sign-in to authenticate with Classroom, or you may see remediation messages which will provide some options on how to unblock Classroom.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Education: Education Standard and Plus

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