Well, its that time of year again, isn’t it? With Google’s yearly hardware event now officially slated for October 15th, it seems like we should be hearing more about the presumed release of a Pixelbook successor we expect to see at the event. As we get closer and closer to the event and more and […]
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The Chrome Cast 21: Pixel 4, ‘Atlas’, Google’s Upcoming Event, and more on Stadia
So much has happened in the last week since our last podcast, so we’re only focusing in on the big stuff. With Google leaking out more details on the upcoming Pixel 4 and its new face unlock and Motion Sense tech, we’re talking about the implications for Chromebooks, starting with ‘Atlas’ at the upcoming Google […]
Continue ReadingFace unlock coming soon to Chrome OS and may debut with ‘Atlas’ alongside Pixel 4
Google once again made waves yesterday as they bucked convention and decided to release more info about the Pixel 4 prior to the official launch of the device in the coming months. While this move feels a bit odd in the current climate of attempted secrecy by manufacturers and leaks left and right by the […]
Continue ReadingNew ‘Google Atlas’ [Pixelbook 2] Benchmarks Point To More Affordable #madebyGoogle Chromebook
We have been inundated with ‘Atlas’ and Google hardware news this week, from the Nest Hub Max leak to this latest bit of news from Geekbench to the FCC filing a few days ago, there is more action in July surrounding Google-made devices than we’ve ever seen before. I still hold to my assumption that […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 20: Google’s New ‘Atlas’ Chromebook & Fall Hardware Event
Not surprisingly, this week’s episode of The Chrome Cast circled around Google’s upcoming hardware event, it’s timing, and the enigma known only as ‘Atlas’. Talking through the recent decision by Google to ‘leak’ the Pixel 4, an FCC filing for a new Chromebook by Google, and a leaked-retracted-confirmed date for the launch date of the […]
Continue ReadingLikely Pixelbook 2 ‘Atlas’ Passes Through FCC, September Google Hardware Event Possible
Today’s discovery by Kyle Bradshaw over at 9to5 Google has the Chrome Unboxed office absolutely buzzing. We usually have to wait until September for these types of leaks and #madebyGoogle hardware hype, but we’re getting a little dose earlier than normal this year. We need to talk about the FCC filing, what it is, and […]
Continue ReadingUpcoming #madebyGoogle ‘Atlas’ Chromebook Photo Leaks Showing Pixelbook Design Cues
In the depths of Summer, leaks of all things #madebyGoogle always seem to crop up left and right. Two years ago we were met with late-summer leaks of the Pixelbook followed by last-year’s leaks and images of the Pixel Slate months before it ever showed up. In the middle of all that, we had the […]
Continue Reading‘Atlas’, Pixelbook 2, and the Pixel 3a Effect
We’ve talked about ‘Atlas’ for what feels almost like an eternity around here. As a device that began showing up in development alongside the Pixel Slate (‘Nocturne’ back then), we are beyond long-in-the-tooth at this point as we continue waiting and speculating about exactly what ‘Atlas’ is and when we’ll finally see it actually come […]
Continue Reading‘Atlas’ Chromebook Could Be Nearing Production
In the life of many Chromebooks and other Google software, there is a process that many new things go through known as dogfooding. Dogfooding is simply the everyday use of software and/or hardware by the very developers making and working on them. In the case of Google, dogfooders are used to test out new products […]
Continue ReadingChromebook ‘Atlas’ Breaks Cover In Leaked Bug Report Videos: Is This The Pixelbook 2?
Well, it has now been just over a year since the Chromebook known as ‘Atlas’ emerged in the Chromium repository and quickly had us chomping at the bit for a successor to Google’s Pixelbook. Today, we have a few videos to share of the elusive would-be-Pixelbook but unfortunately, they leave us with more questions than […]
Continue ReadingPixelbook 2 (‘Atlas’) To Get Some Variation of Quick Charging
There had been a bit of a break in news about ‘Atlas’ (which we firmly believe to be the Pixelbook2) since the end of 2018, but things are popping up left and right lately and we’re even inclined to think there’s a good chance that the Pixelbook 2 could make its debut at a smaller […]
Continue ReadingCould The Pixelbook 2, a.k.a. Atlas, Emerge At April’s Google Cloud Next Event?
Nearly six months after Google’s most recent hardware event in NY, we’re all still sitting here scratching our heads and asking “where is the Pixelbook 2?” By now, I’m sure many have abandoned hope that a refresh of Google’s flagship Chromebook is even going to happen. To you I would say, there is still hope. […]
Continue ReadingAdaptive (Auto) Brightness Being Tested on Upcoming Chromebook ‘Atlas’ and Pixelbook
Ambient light sensors on Chromebooks are nothing new and have been included in a vast array of devices for quite a few years. Up to this point, the only real use for them has been to set the brightness of your display when a Chromebook boots up. Helpful? Yes. What we really want from an […]
Continue ReadingPixelbook 2: Will ‘Atlas’ Arrive At CES 2019?
Well, the time has come to address the elephant in the room. October has long passed and with it Google’s annual hardware event. As expected, the Pixel Slate, a.k.a. ‘Nocturne’ made its debut. Love it or hate it, the “tablet first” Chromebook #MadeByGoogle is the belle of the ball at the moment and clearly the […]
Continue ReadingNew #madebyGoogle Pixelbook ‘Nocturne’ or ‘Atlas’ Shown On Video
UPDATE: The link to the bug report has been blocked after this article was published. Looks like we probably hit a bit to close to home! We’re only 31 days out from Google’s upcoming #madebyGoogle hardware event, and though the leaks of the Pixel phones have been rampant to the point of absurdity, we’ve seen […]
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