For anyone who has access to Google’s Bard AI, it’s evident that it is losing the chatbot race against ChatGPT and Bing AI (never thought I would say that!). It gets a bunch of very basic things wrong and is also the only AI that’s not sure if it’s sentient. Google has acknowledged that Bard […]
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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.
Google Photos Video Editor/Movie Creator finally arrives for Chromebooks
Last July, Google announced that the Google Photos app on Chromebooks would add a new tool that would allow users to create movies directly from the Photos app. The update was supposed to arrive last fall but that didn’t happen. A few months removed and we’re finally getting our first look at the social media-focused […]
Continue ReadingDeal Alert: YouTube Premium subscribers get Walmart+ and XBOX PC Game Pass for free
YouTube Premium subscribers are seeing a new set of perks pop up on their benefits page (kudos: Droid Life) – three free months of Xbox PC Game Pass and three free months of Walmart+. You already get ad-free listening, background play, offline, and more with YouTube Premium, and to this day it’s becoming an indispensable […]
Continue ReadingSurprise: Google Drive has a hidden item limit regardless of how much storage space you have
A Reddit user who goes by the name of u/ra13 just discovered something Google has never alluded to – Google Drive has a limit to how much you can store on it! I’m not talking about file size and capacity, I’m talking about the number of files you have – period. The user stated that […]
Continue ReadingLenovo’s latest affordable, ARM-powered Chromebook is now available for purchase
Debuted as part of Lenovo’s MWC 2023 announcements, the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 wasn’t exactly a head-turner. While the upgrades over the older, affordable Lenovo Chromebook 3 (that device had the older Kompanio 500 processor from MediaTek inside) are nice to see, they are still firmly entry level and not wildly different than we see […]
Continue ReadingRun for 17 million years and other interesting facts about Chrome’s Dino Run game
If you’ve yet to try out the Chrome browser’s Dino Run game, it’s a side-scrolling arcade-style distraction that puts you in control of a T-Rex. The objective is simple: run as far as you can without hitting any obstacles. The longer you run, the faster the game gets, and the more difficult it becomes to […]
Continue ReadingYouTube TV slowly creeps its way up to traditional cable costs with a new price increase
While YouTube TV recently added a new “standalone” pricing option, it’s also losing content partners and dropping channels left and right. Now, it’s starting to resemble traditional cable TV plans and slowly creeping its way up to their base costs it originally aimed to compete against for cord-cutters with the new price increase it just […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Workspace is increasing its prices by a few bucks per month for Flexible plans
Last month, Google announced that it would be increasing the price of its Workspace plans, and now, that pricing is officially being observed. The company made this move to “reflect the value” in its products and services, which have undergone numerous improvements and changes (some controversial) in recent years. The price increase varies depending on […]
Continue ReadingGoogle is shutting down its popular Grasshopper coding application in June
Google just announced that it will be shutting down its mobile coding application Grasshopper on June 15, 2023. The Android app, which has over 1.6 million installs to date after being launched in 2017, was designed to help people learn to code on their mobile devices. In addition to the mobile app, the web app […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cleanup Tool is being killed off because Google Safe Browsing is better
Google announced today that it’s discontinuing its Chrome Cleanup Tool which was released in 2015 to help Windows users uninstall unused software and recover from unexpected changes to their systems. The tool performed over 80 million cleanups and was instrumental in creating a cleaner and safer web, according to a statement the company put out […]
Continue ReadingGoogle I/O 2023 set for May 10th and May 10th only
In the past 24 hours, Google has gone from releasing their yearly Google I/O date-reveal-puzzle to fully announcing that the yearly developer event will be held at their campus once again and will also consist of a single day event this time around. Like we saw last year, this move accomplishes a few things and […]
Continue ReadingI finally installed Google Play Games Beta for PC, and it’s exactly what I thought it would be
I’ve actively avoided installing Google Play Games Beta for PC since it launched back in November as I felt the need to enable hardware virtualization was a frustrating barrier. For my Windows PC specifically, I had to enter my BIOS and enable it, but only after installing additional chipset software from AMD. However, now that […]
Continue ReadingYou’re not imagining it: Google Assistant recently had trouble controlling your smart devices
Yesterday, I asked Google Assistant on my Nest Mini to turn off the smart light in one of my rooms, and for the first time ever, it responded with something other than “Okay, turning the bedroom light on”. For a moment, I was taken aback, because I knew that I had set everything up properly […]
Continue ReadingMicrosoft’s Invasive Edge Advertisement on Chrome Download Page Sparks Controversy
Recently, Microsoft added a banner to the Chrome download page within the Edge browser that promotes Edge as a trustworthy alternative to Google Chrome. The advertisement’s language is creepy and invasive in my opinion. The full-width banner was clearly a targeted injection meant to persuade Google’s user base over to Edge by highlighting its similarities […]
Continue ReadingAnd just like that, Bing Chat (GPT) has already gone off the rails
One of the biggest threats to Google’s stranglehold on the search industry is definitely ChatGPT; more specifically, Bing’s inclusion of ChatGPT as Bing Chat. With ChatGPT’s ability to scour mountains of information and conversationally offer up answers to a user’s questions, many have wondered what the end result would be once this AI technology had […]
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