Long Term Support Channel Update for ChromeOS

A new LTC  version 144.0.7559.246 (Platform Version: 16503.78.0), is being rolled out for most ChromeOS devices. 

This version includes selected security fixes including:

[491421267] High CVE-2026-3909: Out of bounds write in Skia.

[491410818] High CVE-2026-3910: Inappropriate implementation in V8


If you have devices in the LTC channel, they will be updated to this version. The LTS channel remains on LTS-138 until April 21st, 2026. 


Release notes for LTC-144 can be found here 

Want to know more about Long-term Support? Click here


Andy Wu

Google Chrome OS

Open Source, Open Doors, Apply Now for Google Summer of Code!

by Stephanie Taylor, Mary Radomile & Lucila Ortíz, GSoC Program Admins

Join Google Summer of Code (GSoC) and start contributing to the world of open source development! Applications for GSoC are open from now - March 31, 2026 at 18:00 UTC.

Google Summer of Code is celebrating its 22nd year in 2026! GSoC started back in 2005 and has brought over 22,000 new contributors from 123 countries into the open source community. This is an exciting opportunity for students and beginners to open source (18+) to gain real-world experience during the summer. You will spend 12+ weeks coding, learning about open source development, and earn a stipend under the guidance of experienced mentors.

Apply and get started!

Please remember that mentors are volunteers and they are being inundated with hundreds of requests from interested participants. It may take time for them to respond to you. Follow their Contributor Guidance instructions exactly. Do not just start submitting PRs without reading their guidance section first.

Complete your registration and submit your project proposals on the GSoC site before the deadline on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 18:00 UTC.

We wish all our applicants the best of luck!

Easily find and set time zones in Google Calendar by searching for city or country

We’re introducing an improved time zone picker for Google Calendar on the web. Instead of manually scrolling through the list of options, you can now simply search for and select a specific city or country, making it easier to coordinate and schedule with others in different time zones.

This improvement is available on all Google Calendar surfaces where a time zone can be picked. For example, in meeting scheduling flows, setting a secondary timezone for your main calendar grid view or for configuring the world clock.

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • End users: This feature will be ON by default. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts

Resources

Get inspired and take your apps to desktop

Posted by Ivy Knight, Senior Design Advocate, Android











We're thrilled to announce major updates to our design resources, giving you the comprehensive guidance you need to create polished, adaptive Android apps across all form factors! We now have Desktop Experience guidance and a refreshed Android Design Gallery.

New Desktop Experience Design Guidance

Your users are engaging with Android apps on more diverse devices than ever before—from phones and foldables to laptops and external monitors. A "desktop experience" occurs anytime your app is in a desktop-like mode, typically involving a non-touch input device like a keyboard or mouse, or another display such as a monitor (read more in the connected display announcement). This means designing for larger screens and accommodating additional input states. These new design experiences are meant to maximize productivity for your users with higher information density, multi-tasking capabilities.


Dive into desktop experience guidance to help optimize your app with desktop design principles, input interaction guidance, and system UI considerations.

The new guidance includes foundational guides where you can learn design principles that make desktop experiences unique, such as how multitasking is at the core of desktop experiences.

When your app is in a desktop experience, keep in mind crucial interaction experiences, such as how to best design around unique input interactions, like choosing cursors from system provided cursors.

For specialized actions not covered by system icons, consider creating a custom cursor icon, while ensuring it remains easy for users to find on the page.



A desktop experience brings more multitasking features, like windowing, so expect your app to take on a variety of dimensions with a header bar.

Desktops have much larger screens than mobile, and users typically interact using a mouse which has finer precision than a finger on a touch screen. This means you can present a UI with higher information density so your users can be more productive!


Want to get started quickly? Check out the walkthrough to go from mobile to desktop and design along with the updated Adaptive Design lab. 


For more on criteria that makes a differentiated quality app, read the newly updated adaptive app quality guidelines and adaptive developer guidance.

Introducing the Android Design Gallery

Looking for inspiration? We've launched the Android Design Gallery! This new resource is a living catalog of inspirational examples across multiple verticals, form factors, and UX patterns. We'll be continually adding new inspirational examples, so check back often to see the latest and greatest in Android design.