Google is rolling out the stable version of ChromeOS 110 for Chromebooks to a large number of users, the company announced on Thursday. The latest Stable Channel update for ChromeOS brings a host of new features, including Super Resolution Audio. It uses a machine learning (ML) algorithm to reconstruct high-frequency parts of another low-bandwidth signal for a more natural on-demand listening experience. The introduction of the latest stable version also includes a simplified select-to-speak feature, allowing users to select a portion of text that needs to be recited.
According to a google to blog, the latest stable update for ChromeOS 110 will be rolling out to more Chromebook users in the coming weeks. With the update, users on Beta, Dev, or Canary channels will be identified by a channel label in the lower-right corner of their screen. The channel label also appears at the bottom of the quick settings menu, alongside the version number and a link to a feedback tool, now listed as “Top Help Content.”
Meanwhile, there is another launch on the latest stable channel for ChromeOS includes an improved diagnostics app. The diagnostics app feature gets a keyboard test that allows users to test if all the keys on their keyboard are functional and receiving input. A new Crosh command has also been added, namely “printscan_debug”, which allows users to collect more detailed printer and scanner logs without the device having to be in developer mode.
Meanwhile, the launcher search function has also been improved with the autocomplete function in the search bar to make it more robust in predicting typos and misspellings, providing more precise search result categories, and enabling more intuitive search result selection through improved keyboard navigation.
As mentioned, users of the latest ChromeOS 110 stable update can have text recited by highlighting the desired text and right-click menu and clicking “Listen Selected Text”. The need to press the shelf icon has been removed in the latest update. The select-to-speak feature now also automatically switches languages to match the highlighted content.
