And for more on the web-based devices, check out how to connect a Bluetooth device or how to use the Clipboard Manager on Chromebook. But it never hurts to manually check if you want to. Staying on the stable channel is your best bet so you don’t have to deal with browser crashes and other instability issues.Īgain, Chrome OS should be automatically checking for and installing updates in the background. Running beta, dev, or canary builds allows you to test out new features before they’re available in the stable release.īut those builds are meant for coders, developers, and other experienced users. To find out more about the different Channels and what they are, check out the Chromium Projects page. By default, it’s set to the Stable Channel, which should be fine for most people It’s also worth noting that you can run a build from the beta Channel you want to. If one is available, it will download and you’ll be required to restart your device for it to go into effect. Then to manually check for an update click the Check for Updates button. There you will see the version that’s running on your Chromebook. It will show you the adaptation of Chrome that youre running and assuming its refreshed to date, it will say. From there click on About Chrome OS on the lower-left corner of the screen. To get started, launch the Chrome Browser on your desktop and, click the Options menu (three dots) in the upper right corner and choose Settings.Īlternately, you can also click on the clock in the lower right corner of the desktop and select Settings (gear icon). If you are interested in the tech I use daily, check out my uses page.How to Manually Update Chrome OS on a Chromebook Make sure you follow me on Twitter to stay up to date on the progress of my side projects T.LY, Weather Extension, and Link Shortener Extension. Leave a comment below if you have any questions. Unfortunately, I am not aware of a way to update individual extensions. This will manually update all of your extensions to the latest version available using Chrome’s extension updater process. Click Update extensions now under Developer mode.In the top right corner of the extensions page, check Developer mode.You may also go to the menu in the top right corner and choose More Tools->Extensions In the address bar, browse to chrome://extensions.Here’s how you can manually update your Google Chrome extensions: For the most part, extensions should auto-update pretty regularly but in some cases, you may want to manually choose when you update an extension. I often have users asking how to get updates immediately.
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