We've enhanced Autocorrection in ChromeOS! Autocorrection is now enabled by default for English in compatible apps, automatically fixing typos, spelling, and other errors. In addition to the new Autocorrection for physical keyboards, this update also enhances the performance of the virtual keyboard's Autocorrect and other Assistive features.

Searching in the Files app has been improved. You can now search across your local files and Google Drive at the same time, and also customize your search using the new search chips.

A lot of web content isn't accessible, including 360 billion PDFs - 12% of all PDFs! This means that people who rely on screen readers cannot read them. We’re leveraging AI to fix the user experience of these sites and PDFs. Through Optical Character Recognition (OCR), users will be able to convert images to text, so that they can access and read them. Image to text will be available on Chrome browser in the coming months.

ChromeOS’ updated device setup wizard makes it even easier for new users to get set up. ChromeOS’ revamped flow now gives users more device customization options and more flexibility in how they complete device setup, making the onboarding experience smoother.
The new customization options -- touchpad scroll direction and display size -- help users to configure critical settings early on, easing their transition to a new OS. Even returning users that are already familiar with ChromeOS will find the revamp refreshing, as the setup wizard is now more streamlined and thorough, so that most of the necessary configurations are in place right away when they sign into a new Chromebook.

This launch adds the ability to customize the color of the individual zone of the RGB keyboard. The user still has the option to apply a single backlight color. This feature is currently available on Chromebooks that come with RGB keyboard. This includes the Ideapad Gaming Chromebook HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook Acer Chromebook 516 GE and ASUS Chromebook Vibe CX34 Flip

Adaptive Charging is a new ChromeOS power management feature available on some devices. Devices with Adaptive Charging enabled via Settings, charge to 80% and then complete charging to 100% based on an ML model’s prediction for when the user will unplug their device. Reducing the time a device spends at 100% charge helps preserve the battery's health and ability to hold a charge over the lifetime of the device.

To enable adaptive charging: Settings > Device > Power

If you do not see the feature toggle appear in Settings, it is not yet available on your system.

Easily open and edit your Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files on your Chromebook using the Microsoft 365 app with Microsoft OneDrive storage. OneDrive will be added to your Chromebook Files app so you can access your documents at any time. Microsoft OneDrive storage is required to open and edit files in Microsoft 365.

Your Chromebook provides a guided setup experience. It includes installing the Microsoft 365 app if you don’t have it already, signing into your Microsoft account, and connecting Microsoft OneDrive to your Files app.

If you encounter bugs while trying out these new features, please share feedback directly with our team by using keyboard shortcut Alt +Shift + I, and include #chromeos-office in the description of the report