It has happened to most of us more than once: You receive very important paperwork via email that you must sign, and then you are faced with the task of printing it out, signing it, scanning it, and then emailing it back. But what if you donโt have a printer? or simply donโt want to [โฆ]
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Adaptive Charging for ChromeOS learns your battery charging habits: Now available in Canary
All the way back in January, we reported on a new โAdaptive Chargingโ feature for Chromebooks. Essentially, Google wants to bring the same intelligent capability from Pixel and Android for your device to learn your battery usage and charging habits to its laptops. At the time, it was just a Chromium repository commit, but now, [โฆ]
Continue ReadingChromeOS 102 arrives with better note-taking, accessibility improvements and more
While not precisely when scheduled, Google has officially announced the release of ChromeOS version 102 and it should be rolling out to eligible devices over the next few days. This release is relatively light in the features department but I think that youโll find the updates are very welcome and quite useful on many fronts. [โฆ]
Continue ReadingThe Chromebook virtual keyboard is getting a Material You makeover
Itโs been quite some time since the look of the built-in ChromeOS virtual keyboard got a new look. Back in 2020, Google gave it an overhaul and made it decidedly more Gboard-esque, but little has changed since then. Two years later, it seems they are ready to try out a fresher, more Material You look [โฆ]
Continue ReadingApex Legends Mobile would be a perfect fit on Chromebooks, but it wonโt install
Thereโs no reason to hide it: Iโve been loving Apex Legends Mobile since the day it came out. While I only tinkered with the desktop version from time to time using GeForce NOW, I am fully invested in this game on mobile. The character system, modes of play, and general feel of the game are [โฆ]
Continue ReadingChromeOS to offer โgreater audio configurationโ with new Audio Settings page
A new Chromium Repository commit may indicate that Google is either streamlining its audio settings in the ChromeOS Settings app or that it has new features planned for the near future. Discovered by Chrome Story, the commit states โCreate feature flag for Audio Settings Pageโ. This means that a developer flag at chrome://flags could eventually [โฆ]
Continue ReadingIs Google finally bringing camera access to Linux on ChromeOS?
Since its debut more than four years ago, (yeah, it has been four years) Linux on ChromeOS has made some significant improvements and added some major value to the Chrome operating system as a whole. While not a full-blown Linux desktop environment, the Crostini container gives users access to powerful Linux packages that canโt be [โฆ]
Continue ReadingI kind of forgot I had an app launcher on my Chromebook and hereโs why thatโs a problem
I canโt tell you the last time that I used my Chromebookโs app launcher to well, launch an app. I mean, thatโs not entirely true. I do use it to search for an app via typing and then tapping the result to open standalone PWAs, but what I really mean is that I have no [โฆ]
Continue ReadingParallels for ChromeOS expands support to more CPUs
Parallels is the industry leader in cross-platform software solutions. The companyโs latest endeavor brings a full Windows desktop to ChromeOS to help enterprise clients make a smooth transition to a cloud-centric workforce. The purpose of Parallels Desktop for ChromeOS is to allow employees to have access to vital legacy Windows applications directly from secure, lightweight [โฆ]
Continue Reading[U] Some users canโt finalize the setup of their new Chromebooks thanks to this strange issue
Updated May 18th 5:17PM EST: A Chromebook community manager has taken to Google Support to share that the development team is aware of this issue and is working on a fix. At this time, they recommend that if you encounter the bug, you reset your device by pressing the power and refresh buttons simultaneously upon [โฆ]
Continue ReadingAndroid 13 brings Camera Roll to the ChromeOS Phone Hub
At last weekโs I/O developer conference, Google announced a handful of new โBetter Togetherโ features that tighten the bonds between our Android phones and our Chromebooks. Some of these features are tied directly to the ChromeOS Phone Hub. We have been tracking these features for months and today, we finally get our first look at [โฆ]
Continue ReadingLumaFusion video editor is quietly shown running on a Chromebook at Google I/O 2022
While the Google I/O 2022 keynote absolutely captivated us all yesterday, we canโt forget about the countless other sessions that were made available as it wrapped up. Additionally, the Day-2 sessions went live today as well, giving us all sorts of extra info to sift through for the rest of the week from Google I/O [โฆ]
Continue ReadingNew Chromebook features announced at Google I/O 2022
Google I/O 2022 is underway and as a part of that, the main ChromeOS session is already up and available for you to check out. Weโve included the video here in this post, but in the event that you canโt watch it right away, we wanted to quickly summarize some of the new features highlighted [โฆ]
Continue ReadingChromeOS 101 has finally arrived
Nearly two weeks behind schedule, ChromeOS 101 has finally begun its rollout to Chromebook users around the globe. It is still unclear as to what caused the hold-up but the latest version of ChromeOS does contain a decent amount of bug fixes and security updates. More on those in a minute. First, letโs take a [โฆ]
Continue ReadingHands-on with the awesome new Chromebook Screencast feature [VIDEO]
Weโve been following the development of the upcoming ChromeOS Screencast feature for quite some time. It was known internally as โProjectorโ for many months, but Google looks to have changed the name as the new feature/app readies itself for prime time. We took the whole thing for a spin on camera and after using Screencast [โฆ]
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