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There’s no denying the growth of Chromebooks in the past 6 months across multiple channels. More consumers, more professionals, and more students are using a Chromebook these days than ever before. In fact, Chromebook sales year-over-year are up 127% versus other notebook sales that are currently at 40% for the same time period. Chromebooks are […]
For reasons unknown at this point, there is cause to believe that work on the long-dead effort to bring Windows dual-booting to Chrome OS has been brought back to life. Spotted by Chrome Story, there is clearly work being done on Project Campfire (Google’s internal naming for the dual boot setup that was never released […]
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Here at Chrome Unboxed, we spend a ton of time unboxing and reviewing Chromebooks. It’s in our name, after all, and impressions on all the latest hardware in the Chromebook ecosystem will always be central to our purpose as a tech blog, YouTube channel, and Podcast. Though I spend a great deal of time bouncing […]
It has been nearly eight months since Robby unearthed details on an upcoming Chromebook codenamed ‘Palkia‘ and in that time, we have seen the addition of dozens of new devices. Some of these new Chromebooks will feature processors from Intel that aren’t even released yet. Palkia, on the other hand, is powered by the same […]
From what we can tell at this point in 2020, there is little standing in the way of continued Chromebook development. More and more boards continue being piled on as we move through the year and it seems that, pandemic or no, new Chromebooks are being prepped left and right. Currently, boards fall into a […]
Yesterday, we alerted readers that the ‘Hey Google’ virtual event was scheduled for 10PM EDT and though it was an odd time to log in and watch a digital-only event at that time of night, the reasoning became clear quite quickly. There were representatives from hardware companies spanning the globe, so no one time was […]
Today, as I was opening the quick preview email Google sent out ahead of it’s virtual ‘Hey Google’ event, I was pleasantly reminded of the fact that I’d sort of forgotten the event was happening so soon. I saw the email subject and quickly remembered that tomorrow, we’re hoping to see some new hardware from […]
Out of what feels like nowhere, a new Google event has surfaced and it is completely focused on things that work with “Hey Google.” In the opening paragraph of the landing page for the event, Google says the following: COVID-19 has made it difficult for us to meet you at I/O, Global Developer Summits, and […]
While we have fantastic, new, 10th-gen Comet Lake Chromebooks showing up with decent frequency at this point in 2020 (see the just-released Acer Chromebook Spin 713 and Lenovo Flex 5 as great examples), our eyes are also still set on the future of what we’ll see from Intel-powered Chromebooks by the end of the year […]
If the rumors are anywhere near accurate, Google should be getting very close to announcing a new Android TV/Chromecast dongle that carries the code name ‘Sabrina’. The question is, when? We’ve already seen marketing videos of the device but Google’s hardware launches have been delayed and rearranged for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic that […]
Of all the boards and types of Chromebooks we are currently tracking, the fastest-growing group easily belongs to the ‘Volteer’ family of devices. These Chromebooks will have some very interesting tools at their disposal like 10nm Intel chips, a far more powerful Xe GPU built in, and better battery life. With the jumps in connectivity […]
Although its official release date is still something of a mystery, numerous details have emerged surrounding Google’s upcoming first-party Android TV dongle. Dubbed “Sabrina,” the device appears to be sporting a handy feature embedded in its remote in-lieu of its less-than-next-gen spec sheet as seen in recent leaks. One important note for gamers is the […]
