Now ChromeOS can reset itself with out erasing your laptop computer

This week, Google introduced it’s rolling out ChromeOS M131 to non-beta customers, bringing with it a helpful “Security reset” characteristic that lets Chromebook customers reset their laptops with out completely wiping them. The replace additionally launched a brand new “Flash notifications” accessibility possibility to assist those that won’t in any other case simply hear or see them.

Like Powerwash in ChromeOS, Security reset will wipe the slate clear in the event you’re experiencing laptop virus-like habits similar to uncommon pop-ups. However the place Powerwash is a full manufacturing unit reset, Security reset preserves native information and apps, in addition to issues like bookmarks and saved passwords, in response to a assist doc concerning the characteristic.

Google additionally writes that customers can name up the Security reset dialog field straight by urgent CTRL + Shift + Search + R. In any other case, you could find it within the “Security and privateness” settings menu or by looking Settings or Launcher for key phrases like “Pop-up,” “Spam,” or “Virus.”

As for the brand new Flash notifications setting, it’s accessible in accessibility settings beneath “Audio and captions,” giving a further visible notification indicator to those that would possibly in any other case miss them as a result of they’re arduous of listening to or use display magnification to learn content material. Customers can choose the flash’s coloration from a number of choices, and a preview button lets them see what it seems to be like.