Another day, another Chrome OS UI tweak. If I’m being honest, the frequency of these UI changes probably excites me more than anything at the moment when it comes to being a Chromebook user. I love the idea that our OS is evolving and changing right under our feet. I also love that Google is […]
Continue ReadingGoogle’s Song Maker Exemplifies What Is Possible With Current Web Technologies
We’ve not talked expressly about Google’s Chrome Music Lab, but it falls into the same category that Chrome Experiments does: it is a place to showcase what is possible in Chrome from different perspectives. We have discussed Voice Experiments and the Music Lab is quite similar. Take really amazing web-based tech and push it as […]
Continue ReadingGoogle I/O 2018 Schedule Is Up: Chromebooks Get Dedicated Session
Google has two decidedly different events each year. One focuses on hardware and is meant entirely for consumers and press folks. That event is held in October and gives Google a yearly platform to showcase the latest, greatest hardware on offer from the search giant. Sure, there are software iterations talked about there, but make […]
Continue ReadingWeb Paint: An Insanely Useful Chrome Extension For Marking Up Websites
I don’t know about you, but I spend a lot of time online. Between getting work done, learning new things, watching videos, engaging in social media or just having fun, I find lots of stuff online I want to share or comment on every day. Many times, I want to share a website or picture […]
Continue ReadingChrome OS Getting New Wallpaper Picker: First Look
Other than new education-focused Chromebooks, we’re clearly in a bit of a lull when it comes to new Chrome OS hardware for consumers. We know there are very, very interesting devices on the near horizon, but it will likely be a few months at least before we see any of these products come into the […]
Continue ReadingMore Visualizations For Chromecast Via Google Assistant: YouTube Lists
It was only a week ago that we posted about the Chromecast being able to display the weather over any streaming content when directed to do so by a Google Home device. Though somewhat pedestrian and maybe not very useful, I contended that this feature was a harbinger of coming things. The entire idea of […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Looks To Be Heavily Investing In PWAs For Chromebooks
The death of the packaged Chrome OS app felt like quite the blow back in August of 2016. Since that time, Chrome Apps have gone away on all platforms except Chrome OS, but the writing is on the wall. Chrome-specific apps look like they are on their way out in favor of a more cross-platform-friendly […]
Continue ReadingMissing Google Search’s View Image Button? There’s A Fix
Let me say this up front: using Google’s image search to steal images and use them as your own is at best dubious and at worst theft. That being said, there are plenty of legitimate uses for the now-defunct View Image button that used to accompany images when searched on Google Image Search. I’m not […]
Continue ReadingDisplay Your Weather Forecast on Chromecast With Google Home
Sure, Smart Displays were all the rage at CES back in February, but that doesn’t mean the biggest display in your home isn’t getting in on some of the Google Assistant love as well. Not long ago, Google rolled out a feature for Chromecast and Google Home that can give all of us a bit […]
Continue ReadingSplit Screen Android Apps Working On Chromebooks in Canary [VIDEO]
In the past few weeks, we’ve seen more and more work being done on Chrome OS’ handling of side-by-side apps when in tablet mode. We’ve tracked this from early development of the feature to initial implementation to Stable Channel deployment. In the midst of all that work, we’ve seen signs that Android apps will soon […]
Continue ReadingGoogle’s Free Pixelbook Pen Loop Arrives: Installation and Thoughts [VIDEO]
Let’s start this off by saying I think Google fumbled just a bit when they didn’t include the Pixelbook Pen in the box with the Pixelbook. They fumbled again when they failed to give us a decent place to store it. The pen itself has been great to use and I reach for it more […]
Continue ReadingSplit Screen Tablet Mode In Stable Channel For Chromebooks
We have a few articles now talking about this much-anticipated feature finally making it to Chromebooks. We’ve tracked it from a commit to the Dev Channel to the Beta Channel and now on the Stable Channel. There’s nothing really new going on here, but it is notable that the feature works perfectly on my Pixelbook […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Is Quietly Shipping The Pixelbook Pen Loop
Back in mid-January, Google decided to gift all Pixelbook owners with a free accessory to hold the not-included Pixelbook Pen when not in use. As I said in the article about this fun freeby back then, part of the user experience with pens like this is the availablity of the writing utensil at any given […]
Continue ReadingDetachable Chromebook ‘Nautilus’ Testing Battery-Saving Display Tech
We’ve talked quite a bit about the upcoming device known as ‘Nautilus’ around here recently. We’re inclined to think this device could see a release date later in 2018, so it makes sense that we’ll keep seeing small hints about what ‘Nautilus’ will bring to the table before that time gets here. We know a […]
Continue ReadingVortex: High Quality Chromebook Cloud Gaming Without Apps Or Plugins
Just yesterday, we talked about Google prepping a streaming, cloud-based gaming platform. This new service, codenamed Yeti, is nothing more than a pile of rumors at this point. Signs are certainly pointing to this whole initiative being real and hopefully coming soon, but for the time being it is really just vaporware.
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