 Hello everyone, this is Amit Dhan and on this channel you'll find financial travel and more videos. If you like what you see, please do the thumbs up and consider subscribing. Thank you. Hello everyone, this is Amit Dhan of amitdhan.com. Today I'll have another video on Chromebooks and today I'll be presenting Chromebook Expiration date. So whether Chromebooks have Expiration date and if they do, where you can find this date. Whether you call it Expiration date, end of life policy or auto update policy, Chromebooks do have a date after which Google does not guarantee to provide you auto updates anymore. In the past the term was end of life policy and it was changed to auto update policy and which is existing right now. So after this date, Google does not guarantee that your Chromebook will be getting any updates from Google. Now this date used to be four years in the past and then it was extended by Google to five years and now it is actually six and a half years. So this six and a half year is not actually six and a half year from the date of purchase but rather it's six and a half year from when the Chromebook was released. So after six and a half year, Google does not guarantee any updates and it can be risky using the Chromebook because as you know that Chromebook is one of the safest computers out there. And because of the updates, Google takes care of everything. Although Google does not guarantee the updates on Chromebooks after the auto update date. However, it's not actually a firm date. In the past, Google has provided auto updates for those Chromebooks which have already expired. I can give you two examples which would be Google's own Chromebooks CR48 and Samsung series 5. These Chromebooks and many other Chromebooks have received updates after the expiration date or the auto update date. So the auto update expiration date is the date after which Google does not guarantee that your Chromebook will be receiving any updates but it's not actually firm. You may receive updates even beyond auto update expiration date or you may not. So this is nothing firm or nothing written in stone but it's just a policy which Google follows. Let's say if you have a Chromebook and it stops receiving updates, would it be safe to use it? So that's a question you have to ask yourself that whether you will be comfortable using your Chromebook without any updates. But if I get five years out of a Chromebook, let's say the auto update policy or auto update date is now six and a half years. So if I have a Chromebook and I have five years, then I believe it's good enough for a laptop or computer. After that, you know, you should upgrade to a new one. But if you decide to keep using the one even without any auto updates, then it's totally up to you. But my personal opinion is that if I have a few years from a Chromebook, I'll be happy with that. And then, you know, once there's no more updates, then definitely I'll look into obtaining another one. So yes, auto update policy, auto update or expiration date or end of life date, they do exist. And I'll right now show you where you can find this date based on your laptop model and name. So let's go to the screen where I'll show you how you can find this date on Google's website. Thank you. To find the auto update policy or expiration date, you can search on Google by either Chromebook expiration date. Let's do that. So if you search by Chromebook expiration date, then this is going to be the first link which is right here. Auto update policy or if you search for auto update policy, the first result is going to be the auto update policy Google Chrome. So if you just click on that, then it just talks about the policy in general. Now, let's say if you'd like to know when your Chromebook is going to expire. The Chromebook I have, which is ASUS C302. So what I'll do, I'll go to the list of Chromebooks and I'll find my Chromebook from one of these manufacturers. So as you can see, there are lots of manufacturers. So mine is ASUS. So let's go to ASUS, which is right here. And then it's going to give you all ASUS Chromebooks and you have to just find your own model and for mine, which is going to be this one Chromebook Flip C302. November 22nd. So I just bought my Chromebook about a few months ago and this is 2018. So 2018, 2019, 2020, 2020 and 2022. So it looks like I have four more years. But again, as I explained before, this auto expiration date is not firm. It doesn't mean that you're not going to get any updates after this date. You may get something or you may not. So it's all like, you know, kind of iffy. So that's all I wanted to show you. If you like what you see, please give it a thumbs up and consider subscribing. On this channel, I do financial travel and more videos just like the one you're watching right now. So thank you and I'll see you shortly. Bye.