Google has a varied range of products available at the moment for users from all over the world, but for one of the not very popular categories, yet, it has an interesting surprise prepared. More specifically, Google is preparing to offer Chromebooks the ability to run Windows 10 in a dual-boot system on these computers, so users will be able to run both Chrome OS and Microsoft's operating system.
Google made it clear that this change is imminent through the source code of Campfire, the function that will allow you to run Chrome OS and Windows 10 in a dual-boot system on Chromebooks, probably starting this year. The problem is that not all Chromebooks from Google will have the possibility to run Windows 10 for users, so it remains to be seen for which computers this new function will be offered in the future.
Google: SURPRISE Prepared for Many Customers
Google makes it clear in its source code Campfire that a minimum of 40 GB of storage space is needed in Chromebooks to run Windows 10 separately from Chrome OS, and this removes many models from the compatibility list. Despite this, those who will be able to benefit from this functionality on Google Chromebooks will not have to activate it Developer Mode to also run Windows 10, so they will not have to compromise the security of their computers.
"Earlier this year, a mysterious project appeared on the Chromium Git. The Chrome OS developers had created a new firmware branch of the Google Pixelbook called eve-campfire and were working on a new "Alt OS mode" for this branch. We have since confirmed this Alt OS refers to Microsoft Windows 10 and found evidence that it wasn't just an internal project but intended for public release."
Google is currently testing this major change for its Chromebooks, so it's hard to say how long it might take until it's ready enough to be officially launched. It is expected that it will not be available even in the next few weeks, and this is because many of the Google customers who bought Chromebooks need a stable system that allows Windows 10 to run, so it is possible that we will see it somewhere through the autumn.
