For some time now, we’ve heard about RCS – Rich Communication Services – and its impending future of being the replacement for standard texting. I’ve personally held onto hope for years that carriers and phone makers would all magically get on the same page with all this and finally ditch SMS/MMS and replace it with […]
Continue ReadingSamsung Chromebook Pro Finally Gets Chrome OS 65
As we distance ourselves each and every update from the inception of Android apps on Chromebooks, update patterns continue to stabilize across the growing army of Chromebooks available to consumers. Just 6 months ago, we were seeing very erratic update patterns across the ecosystem, and with Chrome OS 65, most of that flakiness has gone […]
Continue ReadingHow To Animate Your Chromebook Avatar [VIDEO]
With Chrome OS 65 rolling out a few weeks ago, we promised to cover some of the new features that were included in this latest update. Keeping to that promise, we wanted to do a super-quick video showing how to get the animated avatars up and running. The process is insanely simple and surprisingly fun!
Continue ReadingBug Fix: Android App Display Size Fixed In Chrome OS 65
At the end of 2017, an odd bug showed up in Chrome OS that caused some issue with users’ ability to control the size of elements on the screen in Android apps. For many of us, until the bug began being pointed out, we didn’t even think about resizing the display for Android apps. After […]
Continue ReadingHP Unveils The World’s First Detachable Chromebook
We’ve told you they were coming. We’ve told you there were multiple detachable Chromebooks in the works. We just didn’t know when exactly they would break cover or who would be the first to market. Those questions have now been answered, and we couldn’t be more delighted to share with you all the fantastic details!
Continue ReadingDroplet Officially Launches At Cloud Field Day With Live Stream [Video]
Well, well, well. After months of waiting and months of wondering, Droplet is finally becoming official. Not that they weren’t real before, but the whole world is about to find out what they’ve really been up to and what Droplet can actually do. We’ve spoken with Steve Horne, Droplet’s CEO, on a few occasions and […]
Continue ReadingNew High-End Chromebook ‘Atlas’ Equipped With A 4K Display
Back in February, we uncovered a commit pointing to what looked like the beginnings of development of the first 4K Chromebook. In that post, we talked through all the ins-and-outs of 4K, how it measures, how it relates to image clarity and the impact it has on system performance.
Continue ReadingWindows Apps On Chromebooks: Droplet Is Finally Ready To Break Silence
We’ve written a few times about Droplet computing. You remember them, right? They were the ones that claimed to be able to run multiple apps in multiple containers on multiple operating systems. Sure, it was a wild claim, but we saw some of the early pieces in motion and left those conversations pretty pumped about […]
Continue ReadingNo Aux Port, No Problem: Pair Your Bluetooth Speaker With Your Google Home
One of the larger nagging issues with the Google Home mini and the standard Google Home has always been the lack of auxiliary output. This small omission causes some major headaches for users with large, existing speaker setups that they would like to leverage for music and media playback.
Continue ReadingGoogle’s ARCore Coming To Chromebooks
Back in August of 2017, Google made the initial announcement for its latest foray into the Augmented Reality world: ARCore. Early in 2018, project Tango (Google’s earlier AR effort that utilized specialized hardware) was retired in favor of ARCore. ARCore is clearly the future and is what Google is betting on for its Augmented Reality […]
Continue ReadingNew Features Make Android Apps Feel Even More Native on Chromebooks
Last week, Chrome OS was updated to version 65 and with that update, many new features both big and small were introduced. One of the things we really want to do with this update is to show some of the new, interesting additions to the OS and talk about what makes them important. Today will […]
Continue ReadingAcer Officially Debuts The First Chromebook Tablet
Well folks, the long wait for the first Chrome OS tablet has finally come to an end. We’ve had to sit on this for a few days, but we’re so excited to announce the official unveiling of the Acer Chromebook Tab 10. Sure, we saw some leaked images and we’ve known for some time what […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Home Max: 2 Months Later
For most products, most of the time, we unbox them when they show up at the office, spend some time with them, and then create a review. The Google Home Max has been a bit of a different beast, though. Without having a slew of new, undiscovered functionality or a unique set of specs, this […]
Continue ReadingChrome OS 65 Is Here With Tons of New Features
According to the Chrome Releases Blog, Chrome OS 65 is now available and rolling out to “most devices.” We’ll get to that “most devices” part in a second, but for the majority of users, version 65 should be showing up in the form of an auto update within the next few days. We’re all used […]
Continue ReadingHow Fortnite Battle Royale Could Legitimize Chromebook Gaming
In what can only be described as a perfect storm, Epic Games has found a sort of secret sauce with its hit game Fortnite. Specifically, the Battle Royale portion of the game has caught on at a fevered pitch. If you’ve never heard of Fortnite (or its rival, PUBG), let’s take a brief look at […]
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