If you lot purchase a Chromebook that has been out for a while, there's a small risk information technology could have an issue downloading the latest Bone updates. Fortunately, getting your Chromebook to a completely upwardly-to-date state isn't impossible.

It'south unclear why this failure happens, but if a Chromebook sits on the aforementioned build for too long, it just can't pull the latest version from Google servers. Instead, information technology volition kicking dorsum an error or tell you lot that the system is upward to engagement when you know information technology isn't.

The first solution is the simplest: modify channels, then change back.

How to Modify Channels on your Chromebook

Open the Settings menu by clicking the system tray and and so the gear icon.

From in that location, click the "About Chrome" choice. On the About page, you lot should see a "Change Channel" push under the "Channel" department. If you're using the Material Blueprint settings page (as I am in the screenshot below), this pick is institute nether the "Detailed Build Information" section, instead.

On the "Change Channel" screen, switch to the "Beta" aqueduct.

This should force the Chromebook to pull the latest version from the dev channel. Later it'due south finished and your Chromebook restarts, yous can apply this same method to move back to the Stable Aqueduct. Just be enlightened this will forcefulness a "Power Launder," resetting the device back to its factory land.

What to Do if That Doesn't Work

If your Chromebook withal won't pull the update from the beta channel, yous'll need to use the Chromebook Recovery Utility.

This utility pulls a fresh re-create of ChromeOS and installs it on a flash drive, so that you can then re-install the OS onto your machine. You'll need a 4GB or larger flash bulldoze and your Chromebook'southward verbal model number to practice this. If you try to prepare it upward from your Chromebook, however, there's a chance information technology will auto-detect the model number, making it super easy.

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From there, the recovery process is basically on autopilot. Again exist aware that this volition wipe all data on your Chromebook. For a more detailed look at how to use the Recovery Utility, cheque out the bottom third of our commodity on how to manufactory reset a Chromebook.

Getting a Chromebook that won't update can exist frustrating, but with a fiddling time and patience, y'all can get that new machine up and running  on the latest version of ChromeOS. Good luck!