Just a few weeks back, a post went up on Reddit from a Lenovo employee asking for testers to partake in an early trial of an upcoming Chrome OS tablet from the company. We’d seen this type of thing before with the Lenovo Smart Clock and that testing request showed up just weeks before the […]
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‘Kodama’ may be the first detachable ARM Chromebook
Chrome OS tablets have had a rocky start. While the tablet experience of Chrome OS continues to evolve and improve, the niche form-factor is still a hard sell for the average consumer and enthusiast alike. Still, there is a degree of intrigue around a device that can perform as both a productivity machine and a […]
Continue ReadingEvery upcoming Chromebook in development we’re keeping up with right now [UPDATE: 12/29/2021]
UPDATE – 4/25/2022: With this latest update, we’ve added a few new Alder Lake Chromebooks to the mix. As always, we’ve also added more boards that are now identified and linked to a consumer model and we’ve labeled them as such. Don’t forget to bookmark this page to return here whenever you need to remind […]
Continue ReadingWe may see a smaller, true successor to the Lenovo Chromebook Duet after all
When Lenovo launched the original Chromebook Duet, it was a bit of a revelation in the space. No, tablets with detaching keyboards weren’t new at that point and they weren’t even new to the Chrome OS ecosystem, but the Duet arrived with something different. It was well-made, but inexpensive. The keyboard and kickstand came in […]
Continue ReadingExclusive: the ASUS Chromebook Flip CM3000 tablet is the first real Lenovo Duet contender
Since its introduction over a year ago at this point, the Lenovo Chromebook Duet has been in a league all its own. After all, before it arrived and since it began shipping, there’s not been a Chromebook quite like it. Lenovo upended the low end of the Chromebook spectrum with a solid tablet that can […]
Continue ReadingAs new Pixelbook 2 release rumors swirl, let’s take a look at some actual facts
Yesterday, a post went up on Tom’s Guide titled Google Pixelbook 2 release date, specs and rumors and, despite the fact that I’m insanely eager to find anything remotely resembling a link to a Google-made Chromebook for 2020, this post is simply misleading. Yes, the Chromebook they mention is in development, it goes by the […]
Continue ReadingLooks like the Lenovo Chromebook Duet won’t get the display output fix we were hoping for
Earlier this month, I wrote a post titled Key feature missing in the Lenovo Chromebook Duet keeps it from being a true Chromebook replacement and in that post, I talked at length about a missing element to the overall Duet experience that, for me, makes the entire device less than ideal. The culprit discussed there […]
Continue ReadingIt turns out the Lenovo Chromebook Duet is a lot more unique than we first thought
There’s been a ton of hype around the Lenovo Chromebook Duet and its all for good reason. We’ve not had a solid Chromebook tablet in this small form factor at this sort of price in the history of Chrome OS. The interest has been strong since the debut of this tablet since January and, according […]
Continue ReadingKey feature missing in the Lenovo Chromebook Duet keeps it from being a true Chromebook replacement
UPDATED 5/13/2020 @1:49PM – updated the current possible outputs available over USB Type C in the 3rd paragraph. From the moment I laid eyes on the Lenovo Chromebook Duet, I gave little thought to unforeseen limitations it would ship with when it finally became available. As a matter of fact, my main concern at the […]
Continue ReadingLenovo has a new Tiger Lake Chromebook in the works code named ‘Malefor’
Now that we are in the part of the year where we are finally starting to see some of the new Chromebooks emerge onto the scene, it is time to really begin casting our gaze towards what is next. We’ve outlined it a few times here, but when it comes to the future of Chrome […]
Continue ReadingChromebook tablets get second life starting with the Lenovo IdeaPad Duet
It wouldn’t be CES without a few pre-show surprises, and this year is no different. Google has gone and unvelied 3 new Chrome OS devices this year before the show even gets underway. All three have been on our radar, but now we have official names, some official pics, and a handful of official specs […]
Continue ReadingAll the new Chromebooks we are expecting to see at CES 2020
CES 2020 is just around the corner and we’re getting final preparations in order for the week-long trip to the desert in search of new Chrome OS devices. CES has long been a hit-or-miss venue for new Chromebooks, but when it has hit, it has hit big. In 2017 we were lucky enough to be […]
Continue ReadingThe new wave of Chromebooks and Chrome OS tablets we are expecting in early 2020
It feels like we’ve been talking about upcoming hardware for months at this point, and in many ways, that’s exactly what we’ve been doing. Part of what we do here at Chrome Unboxed is search the Chromium Repositories for signs of new devices, baseboards, and other clues that would point to new hardware coming down […]
Continue ReadingUpcoming Chrome OS Tablet ‘Kukui’ to feature a high quality screen we’ve seen before
Since we’ve been tracking the new generation of MediaTek-powered Chrome OS devices, we’ve known some would end up as tablets and/or detachables. Of the five (yes, 5) MediaTek 8183 devices we’re tracking, we’re quite sure one is a detachable and another is a tablet. We’ve talked about ‘Kodama’ already and the clear references to its […]
Continue ReadingMore features help confirm ‘Kohaku’ will be the new Samsung Chromebook Pro V2
Since we came across ‘Kohaku’ a few months back, we’ve been pretty confident that this would be a Samsung-built Chromebook and would likely be the successor to the very-important Samsung Chromebook Pro that arrived at CES in January of 2017. With Samsung emails all over the commits, we also uncovered a handful of other pieces […]
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