Dev Channel Update for ChromeOS / ChromeOS Flex

The Dev channel is being updated to OS version 16238.6.0 (Browser version 136.0.7103.16) 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

Interested in switching channels? Find out how.

Andy Wu,
Google ChromeOS

Chrome Beta for Desktop Update

The Chrome team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 136 to the Beta channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. Chrome 136.0.7103.17 contains our usual under-the-hood performance and stability tweaks, but there are also some cool new features to explore - please head to the Chromium blog to learn more!

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

Launching Structured Data Files v8.1 and upcoming changes

Today we’re announcing the general availability of Structured Data Files v8.1. All users can now use SDF v8.1 to upload and download SDFs in the Display & Video 360 UI, and to download SDFs through the Display & Video 360 API.

SDF v8.1 adds support for controlling inventory source settings for Demand Gen ad groups, enforces OMID targeting set at the advertiser level, and renames TrueView Content Filter column to Inventory Mode in “Line Item” and “Insertion Order” files.

In addition to launching SDF v8.1, we are also announcing the following two breaking changes to Structured Data Files that will go into effect on April 22, 2025:

  • You will no longer be able to create YouTube video action line items using SDF. Instead, customers should create Demand Gen line items. Any attempted creation of line items using SDF upload with a Subtype column value of “Action” and a Type column value of “TrueView” will fail.
  • You will be required to include the value “Video Partners” in the TrueView Inventory Source Targeting column of line items with the Type column value of “Demand Gen”. Once this enforcement begins, the value will be backfilled for existing line items and included when downloading new Structured Data Files. To control whether ad groups within Demand Gen line items serve on Google Display Network inventory, you will be required to update to SDF v8.1 and set your desired values in the Demand Gen Inventory Source Strategy and Demand Gen Enabled Inventory Sources columns for ad groups. More details on this renaming and inventory expansion can be found in the Display & Video 360 Help Center.

Full details on the changes between v8 and v8.1 can be found in the Structured Data Files release notes. If you are still using v6, v7 or v7.1, you can follow the instructions in our v7 and v8 migration guides.

If you run into issues or need help with this new version, please follow the instructions in our support guide, or contact us using our contact form.

- Trevor Mulchay, Display & Video 360 API Team

NotebookLM and the Gemini app are now Core Services with enterprise-grade data protection for all education customers

What’s changing 

Last year, we launched enterprise-grade data protection in the Gemini app for Education Standard and Education Plus customers. As a core service with enterprise-grade data protection, the Gemini app: 
Today, we’re expanding these protections to help more education institutions provide AI tools to their communities with the confidence that their data is private, safe and secure through the following updates: 
NotebookLM and the Gemini app are now Core Services with enterprise-grade data protection for all education customers

Who’s impacted 

Why you’d use it 

Gemini is an AI assistant for education that allows educators to chat with the Gemini app to brainstorm ideas, answer questions quickly, summarize content and more. In addition, students can use the Gemini app to learn more confidently with in-the-moment assistance, practice materials, and real-time feedback. 

NotebookLM is an AI-powered thinking partner that helps you understand anything. It accelerates learning and knowledge sharing, with AI grounded on the documents that matters most to you. Educators and students 18+ can add their lesson plans, education standards, lecture notes and/or course readings to get real-time summaries, guided lesson plans, discussion questions, quizzes and more. They can also generate audio overviews to take learning on the go and make content more accessible, digestible and engaging. 

With NotebookLM Plus, you can allow users to chat with your Notebooks without access to see or edit sources, customize the style and tone of notebook responses, create shared notebooks with usage analytics, and you get 5x more Audio Overviews, queries, notebooks, and sources per notebook. 

Additional details 

Workspace for Education users already had added data protection in the Gemini app and NotebookLM, meaning their data is not human reviewed or used to train AI models. These enterprise-grade data protections build on that to give school administrators peace of mind. 

The Gemini app is available in more than 40 languages and over 230 countries and territories. Teen users get a unique Gemini app experience, which we created after consulting with child development and learning science experts. This included conducting learning focused red teaming, an industry standard testing process to find vulnerabilities in generative AI, and testing with youth advisory panels to ensure we’re bringing this technology to students responsibly. 

NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus are available in 180+ regions where Gemini API is available and currently supports 35+ languages. For Audio Overviews, while you can upload sources from all supported languages, the spoken audio is currently only available in English. Users can only upload sources from Workspace that they have permission to access. Furthermore, they can control who has access to their notebooks and set more granular permissions within each. Notebooks can only be shared within your organization. 

Getting started 

  • Admins: 
    • New customers: Access to the Gemini app and NotebookLM is OFF by default for Primary and Secondary (K12) customers, and ON by default for Higher Education customers. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning the Gemini app on or off for users.
    • Existing customers: Your existing settings for the Gemini app and NotebookLM (on or off) will not change as part of this launch. Learn more about the available admin controls and our commitment to you in the Privacy Hub. 
  • End users: 

Rollout pace 

Availability 

This update impacts: 
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus
  • Customers with a Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on 

Resources

Chrome Dev for Android Update

Hi everyone! We've just released Chrome Dev 137 (137.0.7104.0) for Android. It's now available on Google Play.

You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog, and for details on web platform updates, check here.

If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Chrome Release Team
Google Chrome