Discovered by XDA Developers‘ own Mishaal Rahman, the much-discussed Eche app for phone screen mirroring is now making an appearance in Chrome OS Canary. The new feature will reside on the user’s shelf via the Phone Hub which connects their phone to their Chromebook when enabled. Mishaal encountered the new “Recently used apps” section in […]
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‘Eche’ will let you ‘Push’ things from your Pixel phone to your Chromebook
Phone Hub is Google’s initiative to help bring your Chromebook and phone closer together. It lets you check your notifications, and battery, and even ring your handheld device, see recently accessed apps and Chrome tabs, and more. We’ve been following ‘Eche’ for some time, and while it’s always seemed to us to be a more […]
Continue ReadingIcon surfaces for upcoming Chrome OS screen mirroring tool ‘Eche’
Last week, 9to5Google’s Kyle Bradshaw unearthed a new feature in the works that could eventually allow users to mirror your phone’s display to your Chromebook. In digging a little deeper, it appears that ‘eche’ will open a new window for interacting with notifications from the new Phone Hub interface that is headed to Chrome OS […]
Continue ReadingWhy the new ASUS ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook Plus could be more affordable than you think
About a month ago, ASUS shocked us a bit with a surprise announcement of not just a new Chromebook, but a new Chromebook Plus that looks pretty awesome in every way possible. Built to take on devices like the HP Dragonfly Pro, the new ASUS ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook Plus is every bit the high end, […]
Continue ReadingTwo years later and this strange Play Games shortcut on ChromeOS still makes no sense
Two years ago (well, actually a year and a half ago), Google Play Games for PC appeared at the 2021 Game Awards Show, and with it, a mysterious new shortcut appeared on Chromebooks. In addition to the Play Games Android app, a new ChromeOS-centric…launcher accompanied it as a separate icon. What’s strange about it is […]
Continue ReadingAndroid App Streaming for Chromebooks is here and working in ChromeOS 114 Beta
We’re continuing to find great, new features tucked away in the latest build of ChromeOS in the Beta Channel, and one of my favorite new ones to tinker with at this point is ChromeOS’ new Android App Streaming. We’ve talked about this upcoming feature for what feels like forever, and it looks like it is […]
Continue ReadingA deep dive into Google’s new Chromebook app streaming feature and its current limitations
Update: By the time I published this article, Google has pulled the Cross Device Services app from the Google Play Store! It’s likely to make a return, and we’ll let you know if that proves true. App streaming on Chromebooks (formerly known internally at Google as ‘Eche’), is an exciting new tool that we’ve been […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a first look at what Chromebook App Streaming will look like
Yesterday evening, different sources began to see the arrival of ChromeOS’ new App Streaming feature – well, sort of. Known as ‘Eche’ for quite some time now, App Streaming was made official by Google back at CES 2022 about 15 months ago and we really thought it would be here before now. Along with the […]
Continue ReadingChromeOS gets its last update of 2022
Well, the end of 2022 is nearly upon us and ChromeOS has just received its final major update of the year. Like the Chrome browser update, ChromeOS 108 isn’t too heavy on features but there are some notable updates in this version and they are definitely worth talking about. Let’s dig right in, shall we? […]
Continue ReadingChromeOS goes “Prime Time” with the world’s first gaming Chromebooks
It has been a little less than two weeks since we broke the news that Lenovo was on the verge of launching a new “gaming” Chromebook. Now, as the dust settles from the Pixel Launch Event, Google is making headlines again with the official announcement of the world’s first Chromebooks built for cloud gaming. I […]
Continue ReadingAndroid 13 brings Camera Roll to the ChromeOS Phone Hub
At last week’s I/O developer conference, Google announced a handful of new “Better Together” features that tighten the bonds between our Android phones and our Chromebooks. Some of these features are tied directly to the ChromeOS Phone Hub. We have been tracking these features for months and today, we finally get our first look at […]
Continue ReadingNew Chromebook features announced at Google I/O 2022
Google I/O 2022 is underway and as a part of that, the main ChromeOS session is already up and available for you to check out. We’ve included the video here in this post, but in the event that you can’t watch it right away, we wanted to quickly summarize some of the new features highlighted […]
Continue ReadingChrome OS Diagnostic App adds new tools for peripherals
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times, Chrome OS is rapidly becoming one of the most well-rounded operations systems on the market. The recent announcement making Steam on Chrome OS official could very well bring Chromebooks to the forefront of casual gaming. Still, at its core, Chrome OS is still focused […]
Continue ReadingHow to use iMessage on your Chromebook
It goes without saying that Google’s Chrome operating system lends itself much more to those of us who use Android smartphones. With the evolution of the in-built Chrome OS Phone Hub, the symbiotic relationship between Chromebook and Android phones has become near-seamless and it just keeps getting better. Phone Hub allows you to access your […]
Continue ReadingHow to fix a Chromebook when your phone won’t show up in Connected Devices
Over the years, Connected Devices has become better and better with closer connections between your Chromebook and your Android phone. With advances in Phone Hub, our phones and Chromebooks work better together now than they ever have before, and more cool stuff is planned for the future, too. It shouldn’t be too long before we […]
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