Google’s OnHub router is actually a Chromebook in disguise

Oct09

by Sindy Cator on October 9, 2015 at 5:15 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Shareables

Here’s a surprise for you: Google’s OnHub router is actually a Chromebook in cylindrical form. A modder over at Exploitee.rs was able to root the OnHub much in the same way they would with a Chromebook, and indeed, the router runs something very similar to ChromiumOS. It’s a lengthy explanation – the video above is 21 minutes long – but it boils down to booting the OnHub in developer mode by combining a key sequence with flipping a secret switch under one of its screws. Now that it’s rootable, perhaps someone will figure out how to enable the currently-useless USB…