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Grab The Latest Chrome OS Wallpapers And Put Them On, Well, Whatever

Grab The Latest Chrome OS Wallpapers And Put Them On, Well, Whatever

February 19, 2019 By Gabriel Brangers Leave a Comment

Wallpapers for your Chromebook are a quick, handy way to spruce up your desktop and make your device as unique as you are. The best part is that changing your background can be done is a few simple clicks and it will sync across all of your devices. Last October, with the release of the […]

Filed Under: Apps, Chrome OS, Chromebooks, Tips & Tricks

New Feature Coming For Chromebook Extended Displays

New Feature Coming For Chromebook Extended Displays

February 19, 2019 By Robby Payne Leave a Comment

One of my favorite parts of using a Chromebook is the ease of setting up secondary displays. I’ve yet to encounter a display that didn’t just work when attached to my Chromebook. Even with differences in scaling and DPI, moving windows between screens is fluid, easy, and the setup is painless. For me, using the […]

Filed Under: Chrome OS, Chromebooks, News, Uncategorized

[Update]Android 9 Brings Crippling Bug To Chrome OS 72: What You Need To Know

[Update]Android 9 Brings Crippling Bug To Chrome OS 72: What You Need To Know

February 15, 2019 By Gabriel Brangers Leave a Comment

Chrome OS 72 is officially available for the majority of Chrome devices but despite a lot of coverage stating it, Android 9 (Pie) appears to only be available on three Chromebooks that we know of at the moment. That may come as a disappointment to most of you who have been looking forward to features […]

Filed Under: Apps, Chrome OS, News, Pixelbook

[Sneak Peek Video] Long-Awaited Chrome OS “Virtual Desktops” Getting Closer

[Sneak Peek Video] Long-Awaited Chrome OS “Virtual Desktops” Getting Closer

February 13, 2019 By Gabriel Brangers Leave a Comment

One of the few features we have longed for on Chrome OS for as long as I can remember is the ability to have multiple desktops. While it may seem trivial to some, “virtual desktops” are an integral part of a lot of user’s workflow and seeing the Chromium team give them some attention is […]

Filed Under: Chrome OS, News, Updates


Is Your Chromebook On Chrome OS 72? Here’s the official update list.

Is Your Chromebook On Chrome OS 72? Here’s the official update list.

February 13, 2019 By Gabriel Brangers Leave a Comment

Chrome OS 72 has officially been pushed to the Stable channel but as many of you have discovered, not every Chromebook has received the update, yet. A second push from the Chromium server rolled out last night and the number of devices on 72 Stable is now somewhere around one hundred twenty-five. Still, if you […]

Filed Under: Chrome OS, Chromebooks, News, Updates

New Feature Coming For  Chromebooks That Could Change How You Install Android Apps

New Feature Coming For Chromebooks That Could Change How You Install Android Apps

February 12, 2019 By Robby Payne Leave a Comment

As it stands right now, if your Chromebook has access to the Google Play Store, you can install and use millions of Android apps on your Chromebook. The selection is quite large and there are new apps added every day. Additionally, the selection of Android Apps that consider Chromebooks as a viable device is growing […]

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Farewell Google+, Join Chrome Unboxed On MeWe

Farewell Google+, Join Chrome Unboxed On MeWe

February 12, 2019 By Gabriel Brangers Leave a Comment

In the very near future, we will bid adieu to Google+ as it sails into the sunset never to return. As we approach our third year as a “Space for all things Chrome,” we owe a lot of our success to Google’s social sharing platform and as much as we will miss it, the time […]

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How To Get Google Assistant Running On Your Chromebook Right Now On Chrome OS 72

How To Get Google Assistant Running On Your Chromebook Right Now On Chrome OS 72

February 9, 2019 By Robby Payne Leave a Comment

Chrome OS 72 began rolling out to the masses yesterday and brought a slew of new features and updates along with it. You can check out Gabriel’s article that outlines all the new stuff users can expect with the latest update, but there was an addition baked into Chrome OS 72 that Google didn’t exactly […]

Filed Under: Chrome OS, Google Assistant, News


Chrome OS 72 Arrives With Android App Shortcuts, PiP, Touch-Optimization And More

Chrome OS 72 Arrives With Android App Shortcuts, PiP, Touch-Optimization And More

February 8, 2019 By Gabriel Brangers Leave a Comment

Chrome OS 72 is rolling out and it is chock full up updates, feature additions and enhancements and even a hidden preview of things to come. A lot of the update includes features such as Picture in Picture, optimization for tablet mode and Android app fine-tuning but there’s a lot that we are hoping to […]

Filed Under: Chrome OS, Chromebooks, News

Native PDF Annotation for Chromebooks Is Live in The Dev Channel

Native PDF Annotation for Chromebooks Is Live in The Dev Channel

February 8, 2019 By Robby Payne Leave a Comment

Near the end of 2018 we reported on a new feature that was coming to Chromebooks: PDF Annotation baked into the browser. The entire project is based around a new software library from Google simply called Ink. This software library is basically a set of tools to enable Google Apps to leverage writing tools in […]

Filed Under: Apps, Chrome OS, News

Upcoming ‘App Service’ For Chromebooks Could Help Simplify Chrome OS’ Current App Complexity

Upcoming ‘App Service’ For Chromebooks Could Help Simplify Chrome OS’ Current App Complexity

February 7, 2019 By Robby Payne Leave a Comment

Over the past couple days, a new addition to Chrome has been uncovered that looks to unify the various apps available on Chromebooks. First discovered as simply the chrome://apps page by Chrome Story, Kyle Bradshaw over at 9to5 Google dug a bit deeper and uncovered an entirely new effort behind the simple settings page that […]

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Fact Check: ‘Rammus’ Is NOT The Next Google Chromebook

Fact Check: ‘Rammus’ Is NOT The Next Google Chromebook

February 6, 2019 By Gabriel Brangers Leave a Comment

Speculation is fun. Scouring the Chromium repositories and looking for juicy morsels is exciting to us and often times it takes some serious mental acrobatics to create educated hypothesis on upcoming devices that are more than simple conjecture. Despite our best attempts, occasionally we miss the mark but it isn’t for lack of trying. With […]

Filed Under: Chrome OS, Chromebooks, News, Upcoming Devices

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