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This week on The Chrome Cast, we spend a good bit of time talking about the present and future of gaming on Chromebooks. As Stadia continues looming over the future, there are already a few games for Chromebooks that are taking full advantage of the Chromebook form factor and all it brings to the table. […]
Of all the Chromebooks in development right now (and there are many), few captivate my attention quite like the one codenamed ‘Kohaku’. As Gabriel made a solid case back in April that ‘Kohaku’ looks to be the sequel to Samsung’s Chromebook Pro that debuted over 2 years ago. That assumption was based mainly on emails […]
Chrome 75 has been with us for a few weeks now, but just like with earlier versions of Chrome, it sometimes takes a few weeks to see all the new and interesting changes that are part of the update. This particular feature makes so much sense and is so handy, it will honestly make you […]
The Samsung Chromebook Plus V2 has undergone a massive rejuvenation lately thanks to some price drops and hardware boosts. With both of those changes in play, I’ve talked previously about the fact that it is finally time in the life cycle of this Chromebook for users to perk up and pay attention. At the current […]
If you aren’t aware, Chrome is rolling out dark mode across all versions and operating systems since everyone is seemingly over-the-moon about the idea of all things in black and gray. For me, it is all a bit hit-or-miss, coming in handy when browsing in low light and being a bit odd when viewing content […]
Let me put this out there right from the start: I’ve only played Roblox a handful of times when my daughter begs me enough to jump in and play a silly game with her. I have an account and I participate from time to time, but I am by no means a real Roblox player […]
As it stands right now, Chromebooks don’t do anything but go to sleep if you leave them alone for a bit. Sure, you can set a few parameters to keep the display on indefinitely and you can control what happens when you shut the lid, but there’s really nothing you can do on your Chromebook […]
For me, Chromebooks tend to have life cycles. Not specifically just how long a Chromebook will actually wake up and run on a day to day basis, but a life cycle of relevance to users in general. Let’s call it a relativity lifecycle. For instance, the relativity lifecycle of the Pixelbook is a long one. […]
Ah, Overview Mode for Chrome OS: it is, without doubt, my most favorite desktop UI feature and simultaneously my pick for most frustrating. On one hand, when it is behaving properly, the ability to fling 3 fingers on the trackpad and see all my open windows is priceless. I use it all the time, every […]
The Chrome Cast is back at it this week, and our discussion is dominated by Google’s upcoming ‘Atlas’ Chromebook that we feel sure will either be the Pixelbook 2 or at least in the Pixelbook family of devices. So many things about ‘Atlas’ are confusing and could point to various end games for Google, but […]
One of the features I’m most looking forward to becoming a part of the Stable Channel experience on Chromebooks with Chrome OS 76 is Virtual Desktops. While I love what they’ve done already with the feature, I’m hopeful that some trackpad-driven navigation (mainly switching between active desktops with a multi-finger gesture) will be in the […]
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 […]
