Very soon, over 1 million Android Apps will be coming to a Chromebook near you. In the meantime, we’d like to share some of our favorite Apps that are available from the Chrome Web Store. ShiftEdit It’s no surprise our first App of the Week would be an IDE. Why, you ask? Because we use […]
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Chrome OS 53 Is Here With The Google Play Store and Android Apps!!!
This day will go down in history as the day Android Apps arrived on Chromebooks. 6/16/16 It has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? I couldn’t be more excited! Right now, in the background as usual, my update to Chrome OS 53 is downloading and installing itself. I’m just waiting for that lovely arrow […]
Continue ReadingAdd a Touch Screen to Your Non-Touch Chromebook
There’s been a lot of buzz in the Chrome community about touchscreens on Chromebooks and rightfully so. If you haven’t heard the news, Android apps are coming to Chromebooks later this year. For the full rundown check out Robby’s video here: Android Apps Coming to Chrome OS Very Soon Google has released a detailed list […]
Continue ReadingChrome OS 51 Has Arrived!!!
I was sitting and sipping my Americano. I had no sooner clicked publish on our previous article, Chrome 51 released for Android when I spied the update icon in the corner of my Chromebook. Could it be??? Lo and behold, Chrome OS 51 has officially started rolling out for Chrome Devices. My humble Samsung just finished […]
Continue ReadingChrome 51 Released for Android
Last week Google released Chrome OS 51 for Windows, Mac and Linux. The most recent update includes a truck load of bug fixes, added security features as well as the much discussed Credential Management API. Chrome 51 touts page rendering and performance improvements that will increase page load speed as well as battery life improvement with […]
Continue ReadingInstall Apps on Your Chromebook With Ubuntu Linux
I can’t begin to explain the sheer volume of questions about this process I have fielded in the few years I’ve been doing videos for Chrome Unboxed. Although I did a video for using Crouton to install Ubuntu Linux on Chromebooks a few years ago, some things have changed (for the better) and the process […]
Continue ReadingGoogle I/O 2016: Android Apps on Chromebooks Video
Google I/O 2016: Android Apps on Chromebooks [youtube id=”yDy1WWUdlY8″] Back in May, Google made the big announcement that Android Apps would be coming to Chromebooks later this year. Over the weekend Google Developers uploaded the keynote from Google I/O giving an impressive overview and demonstration of Android Apps running on a Chromebook. Drop us a […]
Continue ReadingSet Your Wallpaper From The Files App in Chrome OS
Quick tip for today. Nothing intense, but a fun new feature nonetheless. Setting background is an activity I take part in a few times per week, usually. It involves finding an image, downloading that image,launching the Wallpaper Picker, choosing your freshly-downloaded wallpaper and choosing a crop. This isn’t really hard, but any time we get […]
Continue Reading“Critical Bug” Reported in Some Chromebooks
In an article published by Android Central, John Callaham reports of a critical bug in the firmware updater of some Chromebooks. The bug, original reported on the Chromium Bug Tracker site, is said to impact a few devices during the auto update process.
Continue ReadingNetwork File Share for Chrome OS
Google’s new app for Chrome OS allows you to mount an SMB file share in your files app in Chrome OS. Although this isn’t new, this is the first native file share client made by Google for Chrome OS. It utilizes a direct port from the Samba client which can be found here.
Continue ReadingCoding With Chrome
Google’s new project, Coding with Chrome, aims to provide multiple platform education for everyone from beginner to the advanced designer.
Continue ReadingChromebooks That Will Be Getting The Google Play Store
Hey there guys and gals. For those of you that caught Google I/O last week you heard the news that the Google Play Store will soon be coming to Chrome OS. This means you will have full access to the over 1.5 million apps currently available on your Android devices. For a full rundown hit […]
Continue ReadingChrome 51 Arrives
The news of Chrome 51’s release has certainly not been a secret. Rumors and details have been scattered across the web for months now. If you head over to Venturebeat you can find the latest, very extensive list of MOST of the goodies coming to Google’s newest rendering of the world’s most popular web browser.
Continue ReadingAndroid Apps Coming to Chrome OS Very Soon
So, Google I/O is all wrapped up, but Thursday morning yielded some seriously ground-breaking news: Android apps are coming to Chrome OS. They are native. And they are ALL coming. All the apps are coming. I wanted to take a minute and unpack what that means for all of us who use Chrome OS and […]
Continue ReadingASUS Chromebook Flip Unboxing
[youtube id=”nY1QgMaLN4w” align=”center” mode=”normal” maxwidth=”1000″] I finally get my hands on the highly-anticipated ASUS Chromebook Flip. Apart from the Pixel, I would have to say this is easily one of the most anticipated Chromebooks yet. Fresh form factor, unproven processor, all metal build. It’s time to crack this bad boy open!
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