Neverware's customers will see tangible benefits from the Google acquisition. There are no details on that right now, but the company does say that the release cadence of CloudReady will be realigned to match Google's Chrome OS release cycle on devices that ship with Chrome OS. It promises to seamlessly transition customers to whatever model Google decides to pursue. According to Neverware, Google's acquisition of the company means this product will be officially supported in the future. The company says Google will honor all multi-year subscriptions, but there are no changes planned to the tiers right now. Currently, Neverware offers a free home tier and two paid tiers that come with support and remote management. That's where Neverware comes in - its CloudReady software installs on a USB drive, allowing you to boot and install Chrome OS on your machine (PC or Mac). Chrome OS is fully open source, but Google doesn't provide tools to install it on unofficial hardware. Google's Chrome OS doesn't require as much horsepower as Windows or a full Linux distro, so you can install it on modest hardware and still get a good feature set. Google has just acquired Neverware (Opens in a new window), and its CloudReady installer is becoming an official Chrome OS offering. However, this process wasn't official until now. For the last few years, Neverware has offered the tools to transform old PCs into Chrome OS devices. You don't have to put a computer out to pasture when it gets too old to competently run Windows.
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