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Right on time, Chrome 84 began shipping yesterday and we fully expect Chrome OS 84 to arrive exactly one week later. One of the best parts of both the Chrome browser and Chrome OS as an operating system is the frequent update schedule that sees a new update arrive every 6 weeks. This update schedule […]
We’ve talked about this issue in the past, but it bears repeating until it is fixed: Chromebooks simply need better webcams. The standard 720p cameras that ship in most Chromebooks range from only adequate or just plain awful. There are only a few standouts available right now, and they are both from Google themselves in […]
Google confirmed to Forbes yesterday that the first of what we all hope will be many ‘feature drops’ will be coming to the Pixel Buds next month. Though a date hasn’t been set in stone at this point, it seems the team is aiming for a late-August time frame. Like the Pixel phones that bear […]
When it comes to cutting-edge features, the Chrome OS camera software isn’t exactly what comes to mind. While the entire experience received an overhaul a few years back, the camera we’ve had on Chromebooks has been largely the same for a while. It is functional, it technically works, but the camera hardware has never really […]
At this point in 2020, one thing feels quite clear: Google’s phone strategy is a bit of a mess. I’m hoping October rolls around and Google announces their phones and all this makes sense, but I don’t feel that will be the case at this point. As it stands, Google looks likely to announce 3 […]
We’ve been excited to see the recent, rapid growth of PWAs in the past few months and, as this trend continues, the continuing expansion of PWAs in the Google Play Store. Google has had methods for developers to wrap their PWAs for insertion in the Play Store prior to now, but those methods still required […]
I’m not going to lie, I was pretty disappointed last week when Google’s ‘Hey Google’ virtual event came and went with not even a single nod to new hardware from the search giant. Given the fact that I/O was cancelled in full this year, it seemed like the right place to drop a few new […]
Welcome to the first of many weekly round-up posts that we’re calling Top Stories This Week. In this segment, we want to give our weekend readers a quick glance at the latest news that has passed through the site this week all in one quickly-consumable space. The full stories won’t be here, but a quick […]
Right on the heels of our unboxing of the rather-impressive HP Chromebook x360 14c, we’ve come across an absolutely jaw-dropping deal on the newest flagship Chromebook to hit the market. As we’ve outlined in the launch announcement and in our hands-on video already, the HP x360 14c comes loaded with some pretty impressive specs. HP […]
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As we enter into the beginning of the second half of 2020, new Chromebooks have not stopped arriving. With the pandemic in full swing and economies all over the place, I was honestly unsure what the new device landscape would look like at this point in the year. As a surprise to us all, it […]
This week, we had the opportunity to do something very special during our podcast. We were able to get an exclusive interview with John Maletis – Chrome OS Head of Product Management, Engineering & UX. As you can tell from his title, John heads up much of the engineering and user experience parts of the […]
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 […]
