TapTechNews July 13th, Google yesterday announced that it will shut down the Lacros project. This is an experimental browser project mainly applicable to Chromebook devices, which started research and development in 2020 and was put into testing in 2023.
Google Chromebook devices usually come pre-installed with the Chrome browser, but Google hopes to strip the browser core from the bottom of the ChromeOS system to achieve a faster update speed, thus giving birth to the Lacros project.
TapTechNews reported in August 2023 that the Lacros project will separate the system interface and the web browser, which are called ash-chrome (system interface) and lacros-chrome (web browser) respectively.
In this way, users can choose to update the browser or the operating system according to their own needs without having to wait for Google to push the overall update.
The Lacros project also involves improving the ChromeOS operating system. Google's documentation says that Lacros can be imagined as Linuxchrome with more Wayland support.
Wayland is a new Linux graphics protocol that can improve graphics performance and stability. Previously, ChromeOS used a self-made graphics protocol called Freon, but now it will switch to using Wayland to be consistent with other desktop Linux systems.
Google announced yesterday that the Lacros experimental browser project is coming to an end and will no longer support the M128 version. The feedback and test results from the user community on Lacross have helped the company make several important improvements to ChromeOS.
Google assured Chromebook users in the post that they will not be affected by this move, and added that the updates and fixes of Chrome and ChromeOS will continue to be launched as usual.
Google emphasized in the community post that the next focus of work will be on connecting the ChromeOS and Android protocol stacks, which can also achieve the effect similar to the Lacros project.