The hardware ID (HWID) is a string that uniquely identifies a Chromebook build SKU, such as "KEVIN D25-A24-D2A-O86". It may thus be interesting to users who want to figure out which exact Chromebook model they have -- for example, when we want to release information about a hardware bug affecting only one particular peripheral, we may want to release a list of affected HWIDs so that users can check whether it applies to their device.

Currently, I think the only two places we display the HWID are on a firmware screen (e.g. in recovery mode) and in chrome://system. Recovery mode requires a reboot and is thus inconvenient. chrome://system has become so godawful slow in recent years that I wouldn't want to have to tell any normal user to use it.

Under chrome://help there is a tab called "Detailed build information" which would seem like a natural place to display the HWID on Chromebooks (i.e. that was the first place I looked when I tried to find it and wanted to avoid waiting 2 minutes for chrome://system to load). chrome://version contains a similar dump of system information where it might also fit well. Can we add this to one or both of those pages?