These Official ChromeOS Flex USB Sticks Can Give Your Old Mac or Windows PC a Second Life

Google is partnering with Back Market to sell USB sticks that let you install ChromeOS Flex on older Windows and Intel-powered Macs collecting dust.

Google and BackMarket’s ChromeOS Flex USB drive wants to keep aging PCs alive

A new ChromeOS Flex USB program from Google and Back Market aims to revive aging laptops by letting users easily install Google’s lightweight operating system.

Back Market and Google Launch ChromeOS Flex USB Pilot to Keep Existing Laptops in Use Longer

PARIS, March 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Back Market, a leading marketplace for premium refurbished technology, today announced a partnership with Google to expand access to ChromeOS Flex through a ...
SiliconANGLE

Cloud-first operating system Chrome OS Flex emerges from beta for Macs and PCs

Google LLC today announced that Chrome OS Flex, a cloud-first operating system for Macs and PCs, is now out of beta and available to scale across enterprise fleets. As devices and networks age, they ...
Redmond Magazine

Google Touts ChromeOS Flex as Free Windows and macOS Alternative

Google this week suggested that organizations can use its ChromeOS Flex operating system to stave off trashing their old hardware. Google conducts a certification process with older hardware on ...
The Journal

Google Touts ChromeOS Flex as Free Solution to Extend Life of Old Hardware

Google's ChromeOS Flex operating system can help organizations stave off trashing their old hardware, the company suggested in a recent blog post. Google conducts a certification process with older ...
EdTech

Chrome OS Flex Extends the Life of K–12 Districts’ Hardware

Phil Goldstein is a contributing writer for EdTech. Besides keeping up with the latest in technology trends, he is also an avid lover of the New York Yankees, poetry, photography, traveling and ...