New Year, New OS. Supporting your business with ChromeOS Flex

Out with the old, in with the new

It’s a new year, which means new beginnings, fresh starts, ambitious resolutions, and the sinking feeling that you still have outdated tech slowing down and creating unnecessary costs for your business. Thankfully, there’s a no-cost, easy to deploy New Year’s resolution to add to your tech stack.

With just a USB stick, and a side of enthusiasm, you can install ChromeOS Flex and breathe new life into your existing hardware, transforming aging laptops, kiosks, and more into fast, secure, and modern devices. It’s the perfect solution for businesses hoping to refresh devices, improve security, and embrace sustainability - all while saving money. And going into 2025, we’ve certified over 600 devices to work effortlessly with ChromeOS Flex, ensuring that almost every business can benefit from it.

So many organizations have been able to benefit from ChromeOS Flex, from Mercado Libre upgrading devices to improve contact center productivity by 25%, to Strawberry Hotels who deployed ChromeOS Flex to 2,000 devices in under 48 hours to evade ransomware and bolster security. And as ChromeOS Flex helps businesses modernize, we’re always looking for ways to improve. In fact, we’ve made a few updates to support the ever evolving needs of businesses as we head into the new year.

Boosting security, streamlining deployment

We’re bringing the convenience of zero-touch enrollment to ChromeOS Flex. This means that devices installing ChromeOS Flex for the first time can be automatically enrolled into your business domain. With automatic enrollment, IT admins can quickly configure devices with the necessary policies and applications, saving valuable time and resources while helping end-users get up and running more quickly.

Additionally, admins can opt in to allow ChromeOS Flex devices to receive manufacturer provided firmware updates. By keeping firmware up to date, businesses can ensure their devices are protected against the latest threats and benefit from performance optimizations and bug fixes.

Keep your devices running

While we continue to invest in ChromeOS Flex, we also acknowledge that it’s easy for hardware deployments to fall behind. Later this year, it’s expected that hundreds of millions of Windows 10 PCs will lose support. If this is affecting your business, that doesn’t mean your only option is to invest in new devices.

Instead of scrapping perfectly good hardware, ChromeOS Flex can be a tool to modernize without the need to purchase an entirely new device. This gives your deployment a new lease on life, with much of the speed, security, and reliability that comes with ChromeOS. And this not only saves on substantial device costs, but also contributes to environmental sustainability by reducing e-waste.

With ChromeOS device management, it’s easy to manage policies for your entire fleet, all while robust security features protect you from the latest threats. For example, data loss prevention keeps sensitive information secure and remotely wiping a lost or stolen device is as easy as a few clicks. Best of all, you can manage both ChromeOS Flex and ChromeOS devices side by side with the Google Admin console.

Flex your tech in 2025

There has never been a better time to embrace solutions that support your business with enhanced security, lower costs, and sustainability in mind.

ChromeOS Flex delivers on all fronts, and we’re continuing to invest in it as a secure, easy-to-manage, and sustainable solution for businesses. And stay tuned, as we have even more improvements to share with you later this year!

Want to learn more? Visit our website to see how ChromeOS Flex can breathe new life into your devices.

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