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Lenovo Yoga Book Chromebook All But Confirmed

Lenovo Yoga Book Chromebook All But Confirmed

November 2, 2016 By Gabriel Brangers Leave a Comment

lenovo-yoga-book-android-8The world of Chromebooks has been a fairly simple & straightforward one since its inception a half decade ago. Your choices were simple.

Laptop or convertible. Touch or no touch.

Aside from that, you simply find a device that fit your personal needs for power, size, durability and price.

That is all about to change.

Chromebook offerings will soon be a smorgasbord of technological goodies. GPS, fingerprint scanners, styli and more are finding their way into what some considered just months ago a “glorified web browser.”




One new offering in particular is the upcoming Lenovo Chromebook: codenamed ‘Pbody’.

We have been following this device for some time and with every passing day we are more and more convinced that it is, in fact, the Chrome OS version of the Lenovo Yoga Book announced at IFA Berlin back in August.

This week we have found more evidence that only solidifies our belief in this hypothesis.

A recent commit shows developers enabling an I²C bus for a vibration motor.

For what?

For haptic feedback, that’s what. What is haptic feedback? Glad you asked.

Haptic feedback, by definition is,

Haptic or kinesthetic communication recreates the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user.

– Wikipedia

In a mobile device it is essentially what is responsible for all the vibrations you “feel” when interacting with your smart phone. It gives a sense of an actual “physical” click when texting or playing your favorite Android App. This feedback is created with vibration motors.

Why Do We Need This In a Chromebook?

We have already found evidence of a previously-unseen virtual keyboard being developed for ‘Pbody’. We also know that the current Windows and Android version of the Yoga Book implement haptic feedback to create a more realistic typing experience on the “Halo” keyboard.

If you have ever used a virtual keyboard of any kind that lacks haptic feedback, I’d bet most of you agree the experience is somewhat “unnatural.” Our brains are wired to sense a response from the keys and the feedback assists in finger placement as well as keystroke speed.




Seeing a vibration motor added to this device is very, very encouraging. While I am still up in the air on using a virtual keyboard daily, knowing this Chromebook will provide a somewhat “realistic” typing experience takes it off of the novelty shelf and places it into the realm of possibly being a viable computing device for everyday use.

Combined with a Skylake Core M processor, unique peripherals and hopefully a high-resolution display, this device could completely change the landscape of the Chromebook market.

I, for one, am very intrigued and excited to see ‘Pbody’ in the flesh. I am also confident when I say we have a Lenovo Yoga Book Chromebook on the way.

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Filed Under: All Stories, Chromebooks, Convertible, News, Preview, Upcoming Devices

About Gabriel Brangers

Lover of all things coffee. Foodie for life. Passionate drummer, hobby guitar player, Web designer and proud Army Veteran. I have come to drink coffee and tell the world of all things Chrome. "Whatever you do, Carpe the heck out of that Diem" - Roman poet, Horace. Slightly paraphrased.

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