Google Update: Omaha is the open sourced edition

Google Update: Omaha is the open sourced edition

Google Update has been one of the most controversial components of the Google software products.

It runs in the background and updates all the applications without user intervention.

There is no uninstall option for this service. User has to remove all Google products if he wants to get rid of Google Update.

Google Update is the service that makes sure that you are running the latest and the safest editions of Google products.

Google has now decided to open source the code of the product with a new name Omaha.

Google spoke about Omaha:

Omaha’s functionality allows us to automatically update software without interrupting or distracting the user, which makes for a better user experience. Omaha checks for updates in the background, when it won’t interfere with the user, even if an application isn’t running. Doing so means that we avoid using a computer’s resources when it first starts, avoiding a common bottleneck in computer performance experience. Omaha does not perform updates when an application launches, because we understand people want to use the software when starting it up, not perform maintenance tasks first.

Checkout: Google Update Goes Open Source
Checkout: Google Omaha