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Chrome OS 72.0.3626.97 Released
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<blockquote data-quote="Bot" data-source="post: 797390" data-attributes="member: 52014"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">The Stable channel has been updated to 72.0.3626.97 (Platform version: 11316.123.0, 11316.123.1) for most Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes and security updates. Systems will be receiving updates over the next several days.</span></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">New Features</span></span></strong> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Addition of a page about touch gestures in the built-in ChromeVox screen reader tutorial</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Chrome browser has been optimized for touchscreen devices in tablet mode</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">External storage access for Android apps using direct /storage and MediaStore APIs</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">App shortcuts for Android apps are now searchable in the launcher. Users can find an app shortcut by long pressing or right-clicking on an Android app.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Policies added to manage print job attributes for native printing including simple/duplex printing and color/B&W printing</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Picture in Picture (PiP) now available for Chrome sites</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Within the ChromeVox screen reader, added a setting in the ChromeVox options page to read anything under the mouse cursor</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Files saved via Backup and Sync on Drive now available in Files app under My Drive/Computers</li> </ul><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Security Improvements</span></span></strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Shill, the network manager for Chrome OS, has been put in a sandbox and no longer runs as the root user on the system. This security hardening measure helps protect users in the case of networking-related security vulnerabilities, such as one that resulted in </span><a href="https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2016/12/chrome-os-exploit-one-byte-overflow-and.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #1155cc">persistent device compromise</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> in 2016.</span></li> </ul></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our </span></span><a href="https://chromebook.com/community" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #1155cc">forum</span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"> or </span></span><a href="https://crbug.com/" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #1155cc">filing a bug</span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">. Interested in switching channels? </span></span><a href="https://www.google.com/support/chromeos/bin/answer.py?answer=1086915" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #1155cc">Find out how</span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 vertical dots in the upper right corner of the browser).</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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