The eighth generation of Google’s TPU includes two specialized chips that will power the future of AI.

An overview of Google’s eighth generation TPUs, built for the agentic era.

Here’s a look at what Google announced at Google Cloud Next ‘26.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai discusses the top announcements at Cloud Next 2026.

The Beta channel is being updated to OS version 16640.13.0 (Browser version 148.0.7778.43) for most ChromeOS devices.

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

The blog post outlines the transition of a brittle sales research prototype into a robust production agent using Google’s Agent Development Kit (ADK). By replacing monolithic scripts with orchestrated sub-agents and structured Pydantic outputs, the developers eliminated silent failures and fragile parsing. Additionally, the post highlights the necessity of dynamic RAG pipelines and OpenTelemetry observability to ensure AI agents are scalable, cost-effective, and transparent in real-world applications.

The Long Term Support Candidate LTC-144 has been promoted to ChromeOS LTS-144 and is rolling out to most ChromeOS devices. The current version is 144.0.7559.248 (Platform Version: 16503.80.0).

If you are currently on the ChromeOS Long Term Support (LTS) channel (and not pinned to 138), your devices will automatically update  to ChromeOS LTS 144.

Release notes for LTS-144 can be found here 

Andy Wu

Google ChromeOS

We’ve open-sourced the draft specification for DESIGN.md, so it can be used across any single tool or platform.

Since early access launched, millions of you have opted in to help shape Gemini for Home through your daily use and feedback. Today, we’re delivering on one of your top …

Introducing Deep Research and Deep Research Max, the next generation of Google’s autonomous research agents.