Determine the availability of variations on Google Chrome OS

Configuring this policy allows to specify which variations are allowed to be applied on an enterprise-managed Google Chrome OS device.

Variations provide a means for offering modifications to Google Chrome OS without shipping a new version by selectively enabling or disabling already existing features. See https://support.google.com/chrome/a?p=Manage_the_Chrome_variations_framework for more information.

Setting the VariationsEnabled (value 0), or leaving the policy not set allows all variations to be applied to Google Chrome OS.

Setting the CriticalFixesOnly (value 1), allows only variations considered critical security or stability fixes to be applied to Google Chrome OS.

Setting the VariationsDisabled (value 2), will prevent all variations from being applied to the browser on the login screen. Please note that this mode can potentially prevent the Google Chrome OS developers from providing critical security fixes in a timely manner and is thus not recommended.

Supported on: At least Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 family

Determine the availability of variations on Google Chrome OS


  1. Enable all variations
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Google\ChromeOS
    Value NameDeviceChromeVariations
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value0
  2. Enable variations concerning critical fixes only
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Google\ChromeOS
    Value NameDeviceChromeVariations
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1
  3. Disable all variations
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Google\ChromeOS
    Value NameDeviceChromeVariations
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value2


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