March 1, 2016 - 13:30 AMT
Chrome now offers 24/7 support for non-Google Apps customers

Google announced Monday, February 29, that it’s beginning to offer 24-by-7 phone and email customer support for Chrome to businesses that aren’t even paying to use Google Apps like Gmail and Docs, VentureBeat reports.

The new program, Chrome for Work Assist, is a “contact us” affair.

Before now, Chrome support was only available to Apps customers, Google for Work product manager Saswat Panigrahi wrote in a blog post. Chrome for Work Assist has only been available in the U.S. and Canada, he wrote, but will become more widely available in the future. He added that in addition to providing support, Google will be helping companies deploy Chrome across their workforce in the new offering.

Chrome has racked up more than 1 billion active users.