Google says it will deploy this new feature "in the coming days" and notes that you'll also need the latest version of Chrome's desktop beta in order to successfully sync your account.

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It seems Google is going out of its way to make it clear that this isn't a mass market device, with Chrome OS still in the beta stage, and no apparent intentions to compete with third parties in the hardware space.

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There are beta versions of both Chrome and Firefox in the works, but it is unclear how apps for those browsers will work on Windows 8.

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