# Google Accidentally Leaks Upcoming AluminiumOS Desktop Interface

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/google-accidentally-leaks-upcoming-aluminiumos-desktop-interface/35051
**Category:** News
**Created:** 2026-01-29T20:56:16Z
**Posts:** 7

## Post 1 by @fria — 2026-01-29T20:56:16Z

According to [9to5Google](https://9to5google.com/2026/01/27/android-desktop-leak/), a [bug report](https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/479094248) (currently inaccessible) about Chrome Incognito tabs leaked the desktop interface for the upcoming AluminiumOS, Google’s merging of ChromeOS and Android.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/01/29/google-accidentally-leaks-upcoming-aluminiumos-desktop-interface](https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/01/29/google-accidentally-leaks-upcoming-aluminiumos-desktop-interface)

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## Post 2 by @anon80329175 — 2026-01-29T21:06:11Z

Google, an American company uses the American spelling Alumimun as stated in the article you linked.

Perhaps it’s prudent to also use the same spelling though I’m not sure it would even qualify as inaccurate with the other spelling.

Anyways, just pointing it out.

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## Post 3 by @fria — 2026-01-29T21:23:18Z

In their previous leaks they called it [Aluminium](https://www.androidauthority.com/aluminium-os-android-for-pcs-3619092/), likely to keep consistent with Chromium. It might just be the code name though, we’ll have to wait and see what the final name is.

They must’ve made a typo in their article.

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## Post 4 by @iluvprivacy — 2026-01-31T21:49:57Z

I wonder if there will be a GOS variant?

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## Post 5 by @privacy.slouchy — 2026-01-31T23:39:18Z

Do current chromebooks adhere to the [GOS hardware requirements](https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices)? Otherwise, that’d be a nonstarter

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## Post 6 by @jonah — 2026-02-01T00:09:16Z

> Support for using alternate operating systems including full hardware security functionality

No they do not.

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## Post 7 by @anonymous544 — 2026-02-02T21:45:23Z

The OS is listed as Android, so it’s probably the case that Aluminium OS is just a renamed future version of Android that has a working desktop mode. We can’t know until it officially releases. If it is just Android, grpaheneOs is probably going to make a variant of it.