Google plans to discontinue ChromeOS in 2034.
Google is working on the new operating system Aluminium that combines Android and ChromeOS, but according to court documents reviewed by The Verge, ChromeOS will remain supported until at least 2034.
Aluminium not fully ready until 2028
Google previously announced its intention to merge Android and ChromeOS into a single platform, internally known as Project Aluminium. New, previously unreported documents from the US search antitrust case against Google now reveal that this transition is proceeding slower and is more complex than the company publicly suggested.
Although Google executive Sameer Samat had hoped for a 2026 launch in 2025, court documents state that Aluminium will first become available to a limited group of ‘commercial trusted testers’ by the end of 2026. A broad release will not follow until 2028, specifically for enterprise and education environments.
ChromeOS remains necessary for existing devices
More importantly for businesses: ChromeOS is not disappearing anytime soon. Google confirms in the documents that the current ChromeOS must remain supported until at least 2033 to fulfill its promise of ten years of updates for existing Chromebooks. Not all current hardware will be compatible with Aluminium, forcing Google to maintain two operating systems in parallel.
The documents also explicitly reveal an end date: Google aims to phase out ChromeOS “as soon as possible,” but names 2034 as the earliest feasible moment. Legal obligations regarding minimum support periods per region make a faster phase-out impossible.