Chrome OS event was a mix-up, says Google

Google has apologised for what it called a 'miscommunication' that led to reports that the Chrome OS was due to be discussed.

News of the Google event on Thursday evening emerged on a number of technology blogs and websites, with TechCrunch reporting that members of the press were banned.

TechCrunch also claimed it had received a confirmation email about the event which appeared to confirm that the Chrome OS was on the agenda.

However, Google issued a statement saying that it wasn't actually Chrome OS that was up for discussion, but Chrome the browser.

"So sorry for the miscommunication here – this is actually just a small recruiting event and we won't be talking about Chrome OS at all, just one engineer talking about UI design for Google Chrome (the browser)," Google said, shortly before the event was due to take place.