Roboto has been the default font for ChromeOS for years. However, it looks like Google is preparing to part ways with Rototo as according to recently leaked codes, Google may adopt a new default font for ChromeOS.

At one time, Google allowed ChromeOS users to change the default font from Rototo to whatever they liked, which allowed for a small amount of customization. However, the feature slowly disappeared over the years, and Roboto remains the default font for ChromeOS. Now only the Chrome browser, with a built-in setting, allows you to change the default font.

Since 2018, Google has chosen Google Sans (formerly Product Sans) default font in many places. Interestingly, Google Sans was in the list of options back when you could choose to change the default font.

as per Recently released codes, ChromeOS can switch from the Roboto font to using Google Sans in its user interface. The change is said to be to align the user interface elements with those of Google Material 3 guidelines. Over the years, various elements of Material 3 design have been implemented in ChromeOS.

According to the developers, the Google Sans font may not be applicable everywhere in the ChromeOS user interface. It should be noted, Google Sans may not be supported by some glyphs, and furthermore, the Google Sans font may not be available on some devices, which basically means devices running ChromeOS Flex.

On these unsupported devices, and on UI elements where Google Sans will not work, Google is expected to use the Roboto font. according to the report, the Google Sans font is expected to appear with ChromeOS version 126, which is scheduled for June. Since there is no flag associated with this font implementation, you can expect the font to appear immediately after the update.

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