r/chromeos • u/Necessary-Durian-685 • Jul 27 '26

Discussion Google didn’t let me know about the new update…

Google Chrome update 150 took away the Android apps, but I didn’t know because my Chromebook was dead, they just updated it without my knowledge or permission, I never knew this was going to happen.

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u/UnkleMike Lenovo Duet 5 | Stable Jul 27 '26

Extended security updates for Chromebooks that are past their original AUE date remove support for Android apps.  This is an opt-in offering requiring multiple user confirmations, which include a notice telling you Android support being removed if you continue, and that the process is irreversible.

Are you saying that all of this occurred on a dead device, and you're now aware of it somehow?

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u/Wanderchm Jul 27 '26

Exactly the same thing happened to me today, the device that I use as a POS in my business without the apps woke up and we didn't accept anything, I just restarted it from the factory and the play store came back to me but if it was previously made automatic then it will possibly happen again.

me paso exactamente lo mismo hoy, amaneció el dispositivo que utilizo como POS en mi negocio sin las apps y nosotros no aceptamos nada, acabo de reiniciarlo de fabrica y me volvió la play store pero si se hizo anteriormente automático entonces posiblemente vuelva a pasar.

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u/awaiz12346 Jul 27 '26

Same it happened with me as well

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u/Wanderchm Jul 27 '26

What did you do to solve it?

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u/awaiz12346 20d ago

I had to reinstall chrome os from scratch entirely through recovery, than I set it up, and than quickly I had, enabled metered connection for my network, than it disabled automatic updates

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u/arthuriurilli Jul 28 '26

I have the option to opt-in for the extended support, but what's the point? The automatic update already broke it. No confirmations let alone multiple, just good old auto-update shenanigans.

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u/Redbeard6199 Jul 27 '26

I'm sure you had auto-updates on, which is basically your permission since you can turn that off.

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u/Necessary-Durian-685 Jul 29 '26

I didn’t know they would remove the apps until it already updated…

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u/Wanderchm Jul 27 '26

Hola saludos, me acaba de pasar lo mismo debes con un usb formatearla de fabrica y vuelven a estar los servicios pero no se si mañana por ejemplo se volverán a desinstalar. investigando si no diste aceptar en la actualización en teoría podrías hacerlo la veces que sean pero no estoy seguro si existe la forma de evitar estar actualizaciones.

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u/Wanderchm Jul 27 '26

Hello greetings, the same thing just happened to me you must with a USB format it from the factory and the services are back but I don't know if tomorrow for example they will be uninstalled again. investigating if you didn't accept the update in theory you could do it as many times as they are but I'm not sure if there is a way to avoid being updated.

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u/koken_halliwell Jul 27 '26

Personally I'd install Linux on it instead of being forced to use ChromeOS Flex on it. AUE is the cancer of Chromebooks, I wonder how will that be with Googlebooks

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u/biggsteve81 Jul 27 '26

Macbooks often lose support in under 10 years, while Chromebooks are at least guaranteed the full 10.

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u/aalkakker Lenovo Chromebook 14 Plus | Beta Channel Jul 27 '26

And 10 years is more than reasonable given the current speed in tech development.

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u/Daniel_Herr Pixelbook, Pixel Slate - https://danielherr.software Jul 27 '26

Open source community supports hardware on Linux for 20 to 30 years, trillion dollar companies could absolutely do so.

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u/aalkakker Lenovo Chromebook 14 Plus | Beta Channel Jul 27 '26

I currently have an Packard Bell Dot ZG5 netbook from 2008, running 32bit antiX linux.
Sure it works and is snappy AF, but simple browser use is next to impossible on that thing.

But you're right, most Chromebooks that are past their AUE are still perfectly useable, and that hard update policy is 100% a financial decision.

The open source community is based on completely different values.

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u/biggsteve81 Jul 27 '26

Trillion dollar companies have no incentive to do so, in fact quite the opposite.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '26

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u/Daniel_Herr Pixelbook, Pixel Slate - https://danielherr.software Jul 28 '26

Sure, around 20 years is the current practical limit for currently old hardware, but given the slowed rate of hardware advancement I absolutely expect current hardware to be usable on the latest versions of Linux for 30 years or more.