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Chrome OS 72 began rolling out to the masses yesterday and brought a slew of new features and updates along with it. You can check out Gabriel’s article that outlines all the new stuff users can expect with the latest update, but there was an addition baked into Chrome OS 72 that Google didn’t exactly […]
It has been just shy of two years since Robby waxed philosophic about Google’s Assistant coming to Chrome OS. Twenty-three months and a ton of puzzle pieces later, we finally have our first look at the Assistant live on a Chromebook that isn’t a Pixelbook.
From time to time, Chromebooks we track in the repositories end up taking unexpected shifts or getting scrapped altogether. It’s almost impossible to say why, but things don’t always work out the way we expect them to. Such is the case – at least in part – with the Chromebook we only know as ‘Cheza’ […]
In the second half of last year, as development of ‘Eve’ (now known as the Pixelbook) was moving into high gear ahead of the October launch, one of the things that was perplexing for us here at Chrome Unboxed was the addition of Wake on Voice being added to the board files. Wake on Voice […]
Last October, Google’s Pixelbook launched as harbinger for what will be the next evolution of Chrome OS devices. With it, we witnessed the first Chromebook with the Google Assistant built in and a physical Assistant key to boot.
More and more we’re seeing Google Assistant references show up for Chromebooks. With Google’s big hardware event only days away, we feel like Assistant on Chromebooks could be right around the corner.
Earlier this month, the Google Assistant made its debut in the Developer channel of Chrome OS. The new setting lacked any functionality and has since been removed as work continues on this exciting new feature. Another interesting development has manifested in the latest update to the Developer channel involving Google’s smart-helper. This time, the Assistant […]
Chrome OS Stable just updated to version 60 and while it brought with it some welcome enhancements, the subsequent incremental update to the Developer channel has revealed some exciting news for Chromebook users. You are probably aware of the reports that the Google Assistant will soon be coming to Chromebooks and Chrome devices. Whether through […]
Well, folks, this makes two. We originally discovered ‘Eve’ having a dedicated Assistant button a few weeks back and, at the time, wondered if it would be the only device getting such treatment for the time being. In the ‘Eve’ is a #madebyGoogle device theory, it would stand to reason that ‘Eve’ would be in […]
Well folks, the transition is officially underway. While we’ve been reporting on the upcoming appearance of the Google Assistant on the upcoming Chromebook ‘Eve’, we’ve been waiting for signs of a full-blown takeover by Google Assistant to come along. We were clued in that the transition was getting close to beginning with the revelation that […]
It’s never been a better time to be a fan of Chrome OS. With many new Chromebooks in the pipeline and the features being added to Chrome OS expanding exponentially, it’s an exciting space to be in right now. We have been tracking the development of the Google Assistant coming to Chromebooks for some time, […]
It seems there is a lot of work going into Google Assistant on Chrome OS these days. Almost daily we are seeing news of new features and integrations at every turn. Today, we have a few of these features linked together and they give us a better overall picture of how Google Assistant might look […]