Google To Require “Designed For Chromebook” Devices Support Fwupd Firmware Updates

Beginning at the start of the year it looks like Google will be requiring hardware vendors to support firmware updating on Linux via Fwupd with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) if they wish to carry the “Designed For Chromebook” label.

Fwupd lead developer Richard Hughes of Red Hat has shared the unofficial word from multiple device manufacturers that Google is about to require devices…