This is an always-on ultra-low-power microcontroller. Since then, Zephyr has been in charge of the embedded controller (EC).

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As Puneet Kumar, then Google's Chrome OS Director of Engineering, said in 2020, ' Google believes in building secure products for all of our users, and we are excited to join forces with Zephyr to develop a secure real-time operating system.' Why? First, Google wants Chromebooks to be as secure as possible. Your newer Chromebook isn't running, however, on vanilla Zephyr. Of course, you can still opt for the default browser: Chrome.This happened in July of 2021 when Chromebooks switched from the original Google Chrome Embedded Controller (EC) to one based on Zephyr. With this list of Chromebook browsers, you should be able to always find one that suits you. If this sounds interesting to you, this privacy browser for Chrome OS can be downloaded from the Play Store. In fact, it is possible to specify exactly who has access to your data.įurthermore, Ghostery also offers paid features to further expand its functions. The Ghostery Browser takes a big focus on privacy, where they go a little beyond “the others”. But if you feel like trying out Dolphin, you can do so through this link. Whether that makes it the best choice, I think just barely. With a reported 150 million downloads, it is one of the most downloaded apps.ĭolphin has a number of features, including a built-in adblocker, many add-ons and personalized search.Īt the time of writing, the browser hasn’t had an update in a while (almost a year). The Dolphin Browser is an extremely popular app for Android. However, there are still a number of possibilities that I would like to mention, if you do not see anything in the above choices.

Also, the installation is sometimes cumbersome, such as Microsoft Edge. Nowadays, there are plenty of browsers available, but not all of them are 100% suitable for Chromebooks.

Firefox on chrome os