Windows file sharing comes to Chromebooks

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You can run Android apps on Chromebooks. You can run Linux programs on Chromebooks. Heck, you can even run Windows programs on Chromebooks. But one thing you couldn't do natively on a Chromebook is read and write files on a Windows PCs or Windows and Samba servers. Things change. With the forthcoming release of Chrome OS 70, you can access network file shares from Chromebooks...

...Today, canary Chrome OS users can test it out. This version may not be the shipping one. Chrome OS developer Zentaro Kavanagh said on Google+, "We are still working on improving the UX flow."

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• Windows file sharing comes to Chromebooks | ZDNet
• https://plus.google.com/photos/photo/100132233764003563318/6599822174310197618
• https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/1194790