EDIT: Per the Android Police article, looks like there is a way to update now without powerwashing. Disregard the below paragraph. If they stored any data loca

EDIT: Per the Android Police article, looks like there is a way to update now without powerwashing. Disregard the below paragraph. If they stored any data locally it's lost unless Google releases a way to allow a computer in this state to repair itself. Fortunately for many users the ChromeOS convention is to keep important things stored on the cloud. But that's not much comfort to those who chose to have experienced data loss due to this. The description of 'bricking' in this case is unwarranted. Their device is fine following a 'powerwash', essentially a factory reset.