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We talk about a ton of stuff here at Chrome Unboxed. From Chromebooks to Chromecast to Google Assistant, the world of Chrome OS is pretty far-reaching. We save our News section for the things that are breaking news to our readers.
We’ve been waiting for quite some time to hear word of Ubisoft’s popular UPlay+ service coming to Stadia, but with each passing event, Google left us high and dry for information. We knew that Ubisoft already had plans to launch it on Stadia and Amazon Luna before the year’s end, but they were vague on […]
With Halloween just three days away, the Made by Google team is at it again with their monster videos. They created a few funny videos last year which largely centered on monster auditions for their seasonal Nest doorbell sounds, which are back this year so we thought it would be fun to take a look […]
The Stadia team doesn’t seem to know the meaning of ‘quit’ and it’s filling me with joy months before Christmas. They got quite a bit of scrutiny for a certain Twitter mishap that we won’t keep talking about, and according to many, they were slow to roll out lots of promised features, but it seems […]
Earlier this month, Lenovo unveiled their new Chromebook geared towards the enterprise in the ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook. It is – as the name implies – a convertible laptop in the ThinkPad family that comes equipped with some standout, unique features for the Chrome OS ecosystem. Just as we saw the first Snapdragon-powered Chromebook in […]
Since Chrome OS 86 began it’s arrival 15 days ago, it’s been quite clear that this update wasn’t going to show up like the last few that preceded it. About a week after the initial update date, we noticed quite a few of the devices we have around the office had yet to update. From […]
Within the next two weeks, Google will begin rolling out a feature that is long overdue – Office files will now automatically open in ‘Office Editing Mode’ by default on the web! Office Editing Mode allows you to work on Microsoft Office files directly in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Drawings without converting them […]
In preparation for dark mode, Chrome Canary has now received a slew of new wallpapers across three collections published by Google. Luckily, you don’t need to wait for them to show up on your Chromebook to take advantage of them because we’ve got you covered. Simply click the button below to grab your high-resolution copy […]
![[Update: Delayed] Cyberpunk 2077 will launch on Stadia on the same day as PC and consoles](https://chromeunboxed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyberpunk-2077-Stadia-Feature.jpg)
Update: Cyberpunk 2077 delayed to December 10, 2020. The game will still launch on Stadia alongside other consoles, because the game was delayed across the board. The delay is an additional 21 days. Update: A Reddit user by the name of Alex_03003 has found an exclusive Stadia Pre-order Easter egg in their email. Cyberpunk 2077, […]
As Google continues to find ways that they can be responsible for their impact on the environment and the community, they’ve recently outlined the next steps in their goals for creating sustainable hardware products. Having hit their promise of including some recyclable material in all of their Pixel and Nest products earlier than 2022, their […]
In just under a month, Stadia will be a year old. In that year, they’ve made lots of improvements and released tons of features and games. Aside from their unwanted attention last week, I would say they’re doing alright for being new to the game. Most of what people don’t like about the cloud gaming […]
We’ve not talked too much about Samsung’s mysterious ‘Nightfury’ Chromebook because, to be frank, we just don’t fully understand what it will be when it shows up. Knowing this device is packing the same basic internals as the nearly-amazing Samsung Galaxy Chromebook, it has felt a bit odd all along knowing that ‘Nightfury’ will eventually […]
![[Updated: Calendar] Google’s bold new icons begin rolling out to Chromebook users](https://chromeunboxed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/New-Chromebook-Icons-1.jpg){kind=icon}
Update: The Google Calendar web app icon has started to roll out. Follow the instructions at the end of this article to update yours! Before anyone was privy to the fact that Google was going on a re-branding frenzy, services like Google One, Photos, Home, Lens, Wifi, Shopping, Fit, Fi, Maps, TV and more all […]
