How to Update Your Chromebook
Authored by: Support.com Tech Pro Team
1. Introduction: Chromebook: Update
Your Chromebook automatically checks for updates when you turn it on. This guide will take you through checking manually.
2. Chromebook: Check Connection
- Open Google Chrome.
- In the address bar at the top, type www.google.com, then push the Enter key on your keyboard. The Google search page should come up.
- Try entering something in the search bar, then select Google Search.
- Your search results should open up. If they do, you are connected to the Internet.
3. Chromebook: Update
Your Chromebook automatically checks for updates on startup. This step will walk you through checking manually.
- Select the User menu by clicking your profile picture in the bottom-right corner.
- Select Settings.
- Select the Menu in the top-left.
- Select About Chrome OS or About Chromium OS on the bottom left of the menu.
- Select Check For Updates.
- If your device is up-to-date, it will show that here.
- If there is an update pending, you will be asked to reboot. Choose to reboot, and your device will reboot and update on its own.
4. Go To: Dealing with Update Issues on a Chromebook
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5. Go To: Connect Your Chromebook to Your Home Network
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