It’s been five months since Google released Chrome OS Flex, a particularly lightweight and portable version of Chrome OS that we’re here to tell you how to use. And now, just five months later, the search engine believes it its development is already polished enough to remove the beta surnameso it would already be fully ready for use in production systems without risks.

As we told you then, one of the main utilities of Chrome OS Flex is give new life to computers, PCs and Macs that have already become obsolete use current versions of major operating systems, but for security reasons you don’t want to use them with previous versions that no longer receive technical support or security updates. And it’s because with low hardware requirements, the latest versions of Chrome OS Flex can be used without problems even on older systems.

At the time of the beta release, Google claimed that Chrome OS Flex had support for 250 device models (although of course it can be used on many more). Now, five months later, this number would increase to 400, which you can view here, in a list that we can expect to grow further in the future. And yet, if you have an old computer that doesn’t appear on this list, you can still give it a try because it might work just fine.

Google claims that in addition to increasing sustainability by breathing new life into old computers operating system protects users from ransomware and malware threatsand background updates so users don’t have to deal with downtime. It is noteworthy that Chrome OS Flex is on the same release cycle as Chrome OS, so it receives all updates at the same time as its “big brother”.

«By installing ChromeOS Flex on your existing hardware, you’ll not only get a great experience, but you’ll also be contributing to an important cause. Every year, 40 million tons of e-waste are produced worldwide, which is like throwing away 800 laptops every second. Upgrading your devices to ChromeOS Flex instead of replacing them entirely is an effective way to reduce waste and avoid this growing problem. And if you really need the fans running to keep you cool, you can feel better knowing that devices running ChromeOS Flex use an average of 19% less power than other devices.Google says in a blog post. Those are all benefits, aren’t they?