Google hires team behind CloudReady, a Chromebook-turning system

After participating in the B round of financing three years ago, Google has finally completed the acquisition of Neverware. It is reported that Neverware's CloudReady operating system can transform old PCs and Macs into a netbook similar to Chromebook. Although it is mainly aimed at schools and enterprises, individual users can also experience it for free.

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Neverware quietly announced the news on Monday afternoon, and Google plans to integrate CloudReady with its own Chrome OS.

The company said, we are happy to share some exciting news with you, Neverware / CloudReady has now officially joined the Google / Chrome OS family.

We look forward to sharing more details with all of our CloudReady customers, users, and fans in the coming weeks and months.

Google also confirmed the acquisition of Neverware:

As customers support the transition to the cloud, Neverware offers a valuable CloudReady solution that unleashes the speed, productivity, and manageability of Chrome devices.

After years of collaboration, we look forward to working even more closely with the CloudReady team to support more customers in their transition to Chrome OS.

It is reported that CloudReady is also a system built on Chromium. It is not only a fork of Google's open source browser project, but also a complete operating system.

For institutions such as schools that have a large number of old computer equipment, Cloud Ready can provide a pretty good alternative for old Mac/Windows computers that have lost official support.