ChromeOS 120 Changelog
- Stable Channel Release Date: January 4, 2024
New Features and Enhancements
Productivity and User Experience
- Bento Button for Virtual Desks: A new Virtual Desk Button on the shelf enables quick desk visualization, switching, creation, and reordering.
- Mouse Scroll Acceleration Controls: Users can now disable mouse scroll acceleration and adjust scroll speed.
- Customizable Keyboard Keys: Configure actions for keys such as right-click, home, end, and page up in the new Customize Keyboard Keys settings.
- Resize Picture-in-Picture (PiP) Windows: Users can now resize PiP windows using a pinch gesture.
- Redesigned Emoji Picker: The floating emoji and GIF picker now features a dynamic color palette.
- Deprecation of Legacy Media Containers and Codecs: Support for the MPEG4 Part 2 video codec and AVI container has been deprecated, with temporary re-enablement available via
chrome://flags/#cros-legacy-media-formats
until ChromeOS 125.
Security and Enterprise Features
- Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Authentication Events: ChromeOS now supports authentication event tracking (login, logout, lock, unlock) for security insights.
- App Management Enhancements: Users can now view storage usage, version number, and installation method for apps via Settings > Apps > Manage Your Apps.
New and Updated Admin Policies
- PowerManagementIdleSettings: Manage screen dimming, screen-off behavior, and idle actions.
- ScreenLockDelays: Set idle duration before screen lock.
- LidCloseAction: Define actions when a Chromebook lid is closed.
- ChromeOsLockOnIdleSuspend: Enable or disable automatic screen locking when the lid is closed.
- PrivateNetworkAccessRestrictionsEnabled: Control restrictions on requests to more-private network endpoints.
- DeviceFlexHwDataForProductImprovementEnabled: Allows sending hardware data for ChromeOS Flex improvements.
- IPv6ReachabilityOverrideEnabled: Enables override for IPv6 reachability checks.
- DataUrlInSvgUseEnabled: Configures support for Data URL in
SVGUseElement
, which is now disabled by default.