Admin Tips & Tricks

Chrome OS 131 rolls out with ChromeOS Flex improvements

See the changes that truly matter, and our guide for admins on all of the latest policies.

Last updated December 11, 2024

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Rollout tracker

X / YYY Chromebook models are on version ZZZ exactly
X / YYY models are still on a prior version and X / YYY models are already on a later version
XX models have already received their final update and are not included

Good news if you use ChromeOS Flex, otherwise not much new

The latest Chrome release notes include 65 updates, but only one is important for Chromebook admins.

If you use ChromeOS Flex in order to run ChromeOS on legacy hardware, you can now build images with an enrollment token built in, so devices are enrolled automatically during the installation process. You can also enable forced re-enrollment for these devices, which will prevent users from wiping the device and using it without enrolling it back to the same organization first.

You can see the full list of new Chrome OS features here.

New settings & recommended configuration

Isn't it annoying to find and configure each of these new policies one by one in Admin Console? We're building a tool that will instantly audit these policies for you and provide a 1-click button to set all of them at once. Get in touch to try a beta version

Name	Recommended setting
DnsOverHttpsIncludedDomains	-
DnsOverHttpsExcludedDomains	-
DefaultDirectSocketsSetting	-
DirectSocketsAllowedForUrls	-
DirectSocketsBlockedForUrls	-
SelectParserRelaxationEnabled	-
AllowExcludeDisplayInMirrorMode	-