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since I first started using Chromebooks
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years ago it's been one thing that's
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really been bothering me the entire time
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and that's the lack of a proper wireless
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keyboard and trackpad for Chromebooks
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just don't exist and to be fair they
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don't exist in a lot of other OS is
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either you know tell me a proper
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wireless trackpad for Windows
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there isn't one Microsoft doesn't even
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make one and so we're left with Apple
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who makes a trackpad for their stuff and
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ensure we're starting to see developers
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poured in the things that we need to
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make that one work for Chromebooks but
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I've just wanted one that is made for a
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Chromebook and I've also wanted a proper
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Chrome OS keyboard with all the chrome
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OS keys in a Bluetooth keyboard fashion
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I just have one of those things to exist
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for a long time and I'm sure if you're
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watching this video you probably have -
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the good news for both of us is at this
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point Bridge has stepped in to fix the
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issue but before we get into all that
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today so what we have with what bridge
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is offering here is pretty
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straightforward and pretty simple it's a
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wireless trackpad and it's a wireless
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keyboard and they kind of carry the
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aesthetics of the pixel slate and that's
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for obvious reasons but the beautiful
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part about what they're making here is
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these are accessories made for Chrome OS
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in general so it's not like they're
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going to work with the slate they'll
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work with any Chrome OS device because
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that's the way that they made them they
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took all the special sauce and all the
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things that they had to figure out to
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make the G type keyboard which is the
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keyboard that goes with the pixel slate
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all of that stuff that they figured out
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there they took in then just used it and
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and made it work with two other
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accessories and so instead of being some
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Windows keyboards they've maybe changed
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the keys up on and are trying to make
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hook up this thing is made from the
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ground up for Chrome OS and that means
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all of your chrome OS keys and including
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the assistant key are all going to be on
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this keyboard and when it pairs up and
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and hooks up to your machine everything
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from this keyboard to the OS exactly the
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way it would is if it was an attached
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keyboard on a Chromebook and because of
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that and same thing with the trackpad
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because of that feature it doesn't
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matter what Google changes over time
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with keyboard shortcuts or gesture
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support any of those things any of those
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things that change this thing can just
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change right along with them because
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it's behaving just like a hardwired
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keyboard and trackpad would on a
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Chromebook and so they've done some
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really really cool stuff and in building
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this thing up all the way from the
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ground and it works unlike anything else
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that we've seen before and it's a big
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step forward to see a maker like bridge
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show up and make things just for
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Chromebooks the devices look great all
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around they carry again the aesthetic of
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the pixel slate but they may come in
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different colors we're not quite sure
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yet but we have a luminol surrounding on
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both of them glass obviously on the top
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of the trackpad and the keys just feel
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incredible on the keyboard we're gonna
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see $100 99 dollars on each of them so
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they're not outrageously priced and they
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feel premium and they feel awesome they
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look great and they work really really
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well so one point of note with the
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trackpad is the the models that we have
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in our hands right now don't have this
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but we are assured that they are going
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to get this they're gonna have haptic
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feedback in the trackpad so no moving
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parts think Apple Magic Trackpad - and
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you're gonna feel a click a simulated
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click just like you would on a magic
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trackpad and this is all gonna be making
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it to work cleanly and simply with
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Chrome OS and I just can't tell you how
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happy I am to see these products come
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along we should see a release sometime
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in the spring so give it a few more
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months before we'll see these things
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come to market but it is SuperDuper
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exciting to see a device maker like
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bridge who make stuff for premium
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devices like iPads and surface to keep
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expanding their portfolio of products
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specifically for Chromebooks and Chrome
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OS devices guys that's it for this one
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