Google confirms Chrome OS release in ‘late Fall’

Yesterday, reports circulated that Google had banned internal use of Windows due to “security flaws.”

Today, Google confirmed a Q4 release for the much-anticipated Chrome OS at an Asian trade show:

“We are working on bringing the device later this fall,” said Google vice president of product management Sundar Pichai at CompuTex Taipei, Asia’s biggest IT trade show.

“It’s something which we are very excited by … We expect it to reach millions of users on day one,” he said.

The Chrome OS was originally expected in 2011, but it looks like it will now hit around the same time as the Chrome Web Store. Pichai also confirmed that the focus is laptops and netbooks:

“For Chrome OS, we are focused on laptops for this year,” he said at a news conference later in the day.

The Chrome OS will, of course, be free. No actual date has yet been confirmed for the release.