Back in 2011 when Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai (below), then head of Chrome OS, joined us on stage to highlight the first Chromebook, with Citrix as the first partner to deliver secure access to business apps to the new device, no one could have predicted that we would be celebrating Google Chrome OS’s TENTH birthday! Yet here we are, and here we stand in a partnership that is stronger than ever.
Together, we’ve delivered comprehensive solutions that have helped customers address sustainability in the energy industry, improve cancer treatment, and successfully move thousands of call center workers to home offices. During our partnership, we have also become founding members of the Modern Computing Alliance, and achieved the Chrome Enterprise Recommended partner status.
Our long shared common vision of providing solutions that enable users to work securely, simply, and productively allows for Citrix and Google to continue addressing the need for end-to-end solutions to business challenges, rather than just addressing those of IT.
However, it doesn’t end there. Citrix is continuously evolving our technologies to be easily leveraged by Citrix and Google admins and seamlessly integrated into end users’ workstations. We recently released the latest Citrix Workspace app for Chrome OS with enhancements to the user experience to improve the overall performance and stability of webcams with 32-bit applications, in addition to introducing support for webcam redirection for 64-bit applications. With this change also comes improved audio quality when leveraging webcams to prevent any lag between audio and video. This continuous evolution will also include Microsoft Teams optimization for virtual desktop sessions on Workspace app for Chrome OS, coming soon.
This improved webcam performance further strengthens our partnership with Google, and enables us to continue to grow and innovate together. We are excited to influence how work in the Remote Era gets done and to reinforce our commitment to customer success with more integrated and innovative solutions.
To see how we are celebrating Google Chrome OS’s birthday, watch our conversation with Naveen Viswanatha, Product Manager for Google Chrome OS, where we discussed their incredible growth, latest integrations with Citrix, and more! SPOILER ALERT: a celebratory cupcake MAY be involved!
To all our friends at Google and the millions of Citrix users who embrace Chrome OS — HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY from all of us at Citrix! And here’s to many, many more!
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