Google confirms autumn release for Chrome OS

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Google expects to release its Chrome operating system in the "late fall" of 2010, as it looks to compete with rival Microsoft's Windows, a top executive said on Wednesday.

Speaking at the Computex event in Taiwan, Sundar Pichai, Google's vice president for product management, did not give a specific month, referring only to the North American autumn or fall period.

He reiterated that Chrome will be designed initially to work on laptop PCs.

Google hopes to build on its early success with its Chrome web browser. According to web analytics company Statcounter, Chrome has now risen to 10.64 per cent share of the browser market by usage.

The search giant released an experimental version of the Chrome operating system in November 2009. It has already said there will be a version of the OS for businesses which will be released in 2011.

(Additional reporting by Richard Thurston)

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