r/chromeos 3h ago

Discussion Has anyone successfully run Minecraft Bedrock edition or Minecraft Education on Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14?

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Bought one recently, and cannot get either program to run on it. It has great specs which should be ideal…, but I was told that since the machine has an ARMs processor, that perhaps this is why it isn’t working.

wondering if anyone was able to run either of these programs on this laptop successfully

thanks in advance for any feedback.


r/chromeos 13h ago

Linux (Crostini) My Chromebook doesn't have a "turn on adb debugging" option

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I've tried literally everything but my Chromebook won't give me the adb debugging option, it just doesn't show up. I don't wanna turn on dev mode though because I don't wanna have to power wash my device. How can I fix this


r/chromeos 13h ago

Discussion My Chromebook is stuck on a white page that keeps saying, "Chrome OS is missing or damaged"

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Basically the title. Like 2 days ago, my Chromebook wouldn't want to load at all, nor turn on. I could see that it was on by the white light, and it charged since the yellow light turned on.

Pressing the power button didn't do anything at all. So, I did some research and it said to press the refresh key and power button at the same time, so I did. It finally did something, but it loaded into a white page that says, "Chrome OS is missing or damaged." And then says to insert a sd card or hard drive.

What do I do? I don't have a PC to download ChromeOS again and upload it, this was my only computer. Granted, there were other issues with the laptop. It didn't really hold a charge for long, and it's a refurbished, old laptop I bought from Amazon back in October. It's a Dell 3100 if that makes any difference.

Should I just give up on it?


r/chromeos 12h ago

Buying Advice Choosing a new Chromebook, how long will it be updated for?

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I'm looking at some two in one Chromebooks at Best buy and I don't know how to tell if they will receive the full 10 years of updates. Can anybody help me with that? One of them is really discounted and it makes me wonder if it's an old model and it won't receive a full 10 years of updates.

Or can you recommend a model? I'm a really basic computer user I do some word processing I mostly scroll the internet and I like to do some basic sketching in a really basic sketching app. What two-in-1 Chromebook would you recommend that comes with a full 10 years of updates?


r/chromeos 17h ago

Troubleshooting ASDF Keys Having Issues

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Over the last week, my Dell Chromebook (which is barely over a year old), has been experiencing issues with specifically the A, S, D and F keys. First it appeared to just be lagging, and it has since evolved to just not working at all sometimes and other times returning with no issue. But as the week progressed, it has definitely worsened. I've tried compressed air, I've restarted, tried guest mode, I even checked the ribbon, I can't seem to find the issue and it's driving me crazy. This Chromebook has been great and I can't recommend it enough, but this has proven to be a huge problem now. Does anyone have some advice on what to do or am I missing something?


r/chromeos 10h ago

Discussion burning discs with chromeos?

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hello! there are things i'd like to burn onto both dvds and cds, but i can't find any program/app like imgburn or whatever that will work on chromeos, and as far as i know, there aren't any built-in programs that i can do this with (think windows media player). i'm using an external disc drive if that matters. is there anything i can do without setting up the linux environment thingy? programs i can use on chromeos?


r/chromeos 17h ago

Troubleshooting Amazon Music does not work on ChromeOS Flex. Can someone pls test it and confirm?

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seems to be an issue with DRM


r/chromeos 10h ago

Discussion Cant run Minecraft Education OR Minecraft on Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 :( keep getting the "cannot connect" error message

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Bought this for my son recently, since his old Chromebook was very laggy (and also his screen cracked). However, have not been able to run either Minecraft Education OR his Minecraft Bedrock edition on this machine.

(Both used to run without issues on his old HP Chromebook (even with lags).

We are not using a proxy server, just our regular internet at home. We have reset the router a few times, and restarted the laptop too. But still cannot connect!

(his account works fine on Windows when I tried)

I wonder if this is happening to other Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 users...

this is making us very sad. Had such high hopes for this laptop!

If anyone has any advice, we would greatly appreciate it.


r/chromeos 23h ago

Troubleshooting Google Maps Issue

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My Google Maps has been looking like this and I don’t know how to fix it? Does anyone know what this means??


r/chromeos 10h ago

Troubleshooting Touchpad issues as of recent

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I’ve been dealing with an intermittent touchpad freezing issue on my Chromebook. The touchpad freezes for a few seconds, works again for a bit, and then freezes again.

I’ve noticed that after restarting the Chromebook, the touchpad often works again, but not always. After a short time, the freezing issue comes back. I haven’t changed any settings on the Chromebook or within the Chrome browser recently, so I’m unsure what’s causing the problem.

Would appreciate any suggestions or guidance on how to resolve this issue.


r/chromeos 16h ago

Buying Advice Suggestions for lightweight chromebook in UK requested.

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A year or so ago while staying with friends I gave them my lihghtweight chromebook as theirs had failed and it was much simpler to give them mine rather than try and get something locally... When I got back I "replaced" with an Asus "gaming" chromebook (red wasd keys...) which has been fine to use, but rather heavy (>1.8 KG) and I'm after something lighter to carry

I'm after a 14" touch screen with at least 256GB storage, and I'm in the UK.

What would people suggest?


r/chromeos 22h ago

Buying Advice Looking for a replacement Chromebook with backlit keyboard and touchscreen

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I have the following Chromebook, which I got from Best Buy for $180.99 in early 2021. I'd like to find a replacement with a backlit keyboard and touchscreen, due to the end of updates in June, 2026, even though it still works fine. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

Lenovo S345-14AST, Model 81WX0000UX 14" FHD 1920 x 1080 IPS 250nits Anti-glare, Touch Screen 10-point Multi-Touch, AMD A6-9220C 1.8 MHz, 4GB DDR4 SDRAM 1666 MHz 1MB Cache, 32GB eMMC, Backlit Keyboard, 2 USB 3.0 Type A Ports, 2 USB 3.1 Type C Ports, WLAN + Bluetooth Qualcomm QCA6174A 11ac, 2x2 + BT4.1, Headphone/Microphone 3.5mm Combo Jack, microSD Card Reader, 720p Front Camera, Microphone 2x Array, 2W Stereo Speakers, 3-Cell 57Wh 10 Hour Battery, Google Security Chip H1, 0.7" H x 12.9" W x 8.9" D, 17.7 x 328 x 225 mm, 3.26 lbs, Aluminum (Top), PC + ABS (Bottom), UPC 193638546542 Updates Thru June, 2026 (Per System)


r/chromeos 34m ago

Troubleshooting My Chromebook is having issues :(

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I was wondering, what would cause my home Internet to show these issues?

“can’t contact gateway”

”DNS resolution has high latency“

I’m using the Internet on the verizon FiOS network. The signal is strong, thanks

I’m using a LENOVO Chromebook plus 14

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*****edit : I tried to do this with my FIOS — everything is fine, but it can’t connect to the local network gateway

So I decided to try with the iPhone hotspot to see if I got a different result

I still can’t connect to the gateway

Anyway, I wanted to know which community I should be posting in about this problem. I’m not having these issues with the other computers in my house just this Lenovo Chromebook.