I may be the only person in the world that has dealt with this frustration but I seriously doubt it. The problem, you see, is the fact that I have been toting around two phones for almost two months now. Now, that may not seem like a big deal to someone who writes about tech for a living but I have … [Read more...] about Pixel 6 videos not playing in Chrome? Here’s why
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How to pair your Pixel Buds with your Chromebook
If you own a pair of Google's Pixel Buds that you use with your Android device and want to use them with your Chromebook as well, you will unfortunately not get the fancy fast pair experience made famous by the Google Pixel phones. However, you will be able to pair them with any device that supports … [Read more...] about How to pair your Pixel Buds with your Chromebook
How to clear your Android phone’s app cache and why you may or may not want to
What is a cache anyway? You may have heard this term “cache”, and may have even mispronounced it as “cash-ay” (cachet) when, in fact, it’s pronounced like “cash”. Both words share a common French root - the verb “cacher”, which means “to hide”, but the former means “a group on things that are … [Read more...] about How to clear your Android phone’s app cache and why you may or may not want to
Android: How to download songs from Youtube Music to listen offline
YouTube Music has come a long way since its beginnings back in 2015. In its plight to fully replace the legacy Google Play Music service that many loved, it has slowly but surely been adding features to compete with the likes of Spotify and Apple Music. One of these features is downloading songs for … [Read more...] about Android: How to download songs from Youtube Music to listen offline
How to move your teens and tweens from YouTube Kids to the new supervised YouTube experience
Just last month, Google made it possible to directly share YouTube links with your child's supervised account on Family Link via the Android share sheet. This came almost exactly a year after it rolled out the new YouTube supervised experience in beta. Any child who grew up into a teen or tween was … [Read more...] about How to move your teens and tweens from YouTube Kids to the new supervised YouTube experience
How to find and highlight duplicates in Google Sheets
Google Sheets includes an option to find and remove duplicates, but it doesn't give you a chance to review these duplicates before deciding whether they should be removed or not. Thankfully there is a workaround for this using conditional formatting and a handy formula that highlights the duplicates … [Read more...] about How to find and highlight duplicates in Google Sheets
How to install Minecraft Java Edition on your Chromebook
Ah, the age-old question. Can I play Minecraft on my Chromebook? Unfortunately, the answer isn't as simple as "Yes or No." If you're a student and you have a Microsoft Office 365 EDU account, you're good to go. You simply have to activate the Play Store on your Chromebook and install the Android … [Read more...] about How to install Minecraft Java Edition on your Chromebook
How to use Google Podcasts on the web
As Chromebook users, I think we've all been there. We have an app on our phone that we think we should be ready to install on our Chromebook via the Google Play Store, only to get the dreaded "Your device isn't compatible with this version" message. Such is the case with Google Podcasts, which … [Read more...] about How to use Google Podcasts on the web
How to update your Chromebook or Chrome browser
I realized something today that devastated me. Chrome Unboxed has not once - in the history of the site, written a how-to guide for updating your Chromebook or Chrome browser! What sort of madness is this? Okay, I'll calm down now, but only because we'll be rectifying the issue today. Whether you're … [Read more...] about How to update your Chromebook or Chrome browser
3 ways to play Minesweeper on your Chromebook
I'm a child of the 80s and I cut my proverbial computing teeth on devices that ran DOS and COBOL but my first real-world experiences on a PC were with good ole' Windows 3.0. It wasn't long before Microsoft introduced Windows 3.1 and with it, a little game called Minesweeper. Some of you may have … [Read more...] about 3 ways to play Minesweeper on your Chromebook
Tips to get the most out of Google Translate when traveling
Google Translate is a free tool developed by Google that uses a neural machine system to translate text, documents, websites, and even photos in over 100 languages. It can be accessed from the web as well as from dedicated apps on both Android and iOS. Many of us are familiar with accessing the … [Read more...] about Tips to get the most out of Google Translate when traveling
Here’s a Chromebook window resize trick you likely didn’t know about
There are tons of little navigation tricks littered throughout Chrome, and that means it is very easy to miss smaller tips and tricks that get added along the way. This one showed up for us this morning as we were doing some initial hands-on testing of the new Lenovo Chromebooks announced at MWC … [Read more...] about Here’s a Chromebook window resize trick you likely didn’t know about
