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Over the next few weeks, Google Workspace Enterprise Plus and Education Plus users will be able to enjoy a more secure hybrid work environment. Now that the “new normal” has been established and Google’s services have become essential to its development for many, the company is looking to put more control of security, data privacy, […]
Last month, we saw some users begin to receive access to the pinning and starring features in Google Messages for Android. Pinned messages allow users to stick specific conversations at the top of their Messages inbox for quick access, and starring messages allows for quickly jumping to specific texts that contain vital information – also […]
Google has put quite a bit of work into Virtual Desks for Chromebooks and it seems they are keen in making sure you know all about it. An upcoming addition internally being referred to as the ‘Bento Bar’ – first spotted by Android Police – looks to be bringing the Virtual Desk interface more inline […]
Ever since the scan app launched for Chromebooks back in February, it’s been fairly bare bones. You can scan a single page and store it for later either locally or in your Google Drive via the Files app. From there, you can share it with a recipient. A new Chromium repository commit discovered by Dinsan […]
Over the next two weeks for Rapid Release domains (about a month for Scheduled Release domains) Google is rolling out a new set of improvements to Google Meet’s hand raising feature that make it more user-friendly and functional. In addition to a new visual icon and animation which can be seen below, the tiles of […]
![[U] Nvidia is rolling out the Google TV ‘Discover’ home screen to most Shield TV owners](https://chromeunboxed.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Google-TV.jpg)
Update 6/18/21: We mentioned that the Discover tab from Google TV was now rolling out to Shield TV owners, but this is actually the entire Discover home UI including content recommendations. Users in Italy and Spain will not receive the Discover tab, but they will receive content recommendations via the new home UI as well. […]
Though they aren’t sold in incredibly high numbers, there are Chromebooks available with LTE on-board and they provide a great solution to many users who need connectivity on the go. The number of LTE-enabled Chromebooks is only on the way up, so some of the features users expect from wireless devices are bound to follow, […]
The Chrome Browser’s new share menu that appears in the Omnibox is gaining a new trick – social sharing. While Chrome the share sheet in Chrome OS has already begun to implement these share destinations – things like Twitter, Facebook, and more based on what applications or web apps you have installed on your device […]
A new ‘Feedback’ app first written about by Dinsan over at Chrome Story recently made an appearance on Chrome OS Canary. We noticed it weeks ago, but until now, clicking its icon in the launcher simply launched a window that said ‘Hello world’. Now, opening it reveals a new interface where users can submit their […]
A few months ago, we noticed that our custom wallpapers were syncing across devices – wallpapers that were not a part of the Chrome OS wallpaper app by default were applied automagically from one Chromebook to another without our intervention. Now, a new commit on the Chromium Repositories now sheds new light on that experience. […]
This isn’t a shameless plug: our Patreon community is a really, really cool place (there’s a link down below if you are interested). Yesterday, one of our most active members reached out (thanks, TK!) to ask if we’d like to see Facetime on the web in action. Through a string of circumstances, he has an […]
At Google’s I/O conference this year, the company previewed something called ‘Companion Mode’ for Google Meet. It’s billed as a way to help level out access to collaborative tools in a hybrid work environment. Basically, it was created to connect everyone in a remote team while giving them access to all of the same tools, […]
