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We're all familiar with Chromebooks for work, education, and other consumer computing needs
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But what if I told you that behind the scenes, ChromeOS is being used in some very public places that you would likely never notice
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From signage to interactive trivia to medical facilities, the same OS that powers your Chromebook is slowly becoming the go-to system for a lot of commercial and professional settings
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And these use cases help reiterate what we've been saying for years now
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Chromebooks are a whole lot more than just a browser. As a Chromebook-focused outlet, we obviously talk about, think about nerd out about Chromebooks
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and ChromeOS all the time. Understanding all that these devices are capable of is kind of our bread and butter
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but that's simply not the case for most like normal people. Even in 2023, we're still finding the majority of people lack this full understanding
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of what you can actually do on a Chromebook, a Chromebox, or a Chromebase
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While we aren't here to argue which OS is the best, The examples we're going to talk about today shed some light on the fact that ChromeOS is far more
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powerful, far more flexible, and far more useful than most people give it credit for
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Sure, Chromebooks make great work computers and learning tools and media consumption devices
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but the speed, simplicity, and security of ChromeOS is driving more and more companies to adopt it
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for a variety of tasks to keep their work forces focused on the work and not the tools they need to do it
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Though many people still see ChromeOS as incapable basic or too simplistic for anything more than like web browsing The examples we going to share with you right here in this video show that it far more
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flexible and capable than most people think it is. So let's get into it
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And since we're focusing on business adoption of ChromeOS today, it's fitting that our
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sponsor is Cameo, the virtualization platform that enables organizations worldwide to adopt ChromeOS
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by ensuring they can access all of their apps, including Windows apps from their Chrome OS devices
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Cameo is a Chrome Enterprise recommended solution that integrates closely with Google to provide a seamless
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app experience on ChromeOS. And now Chrome Unboxed viewers can get a special ChromeOS and Cameo bundle
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that makes it easier than ever to test for free. Just go to Cameo.com forward slash unboxed or
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click the link in the description to access this special offer. First up, let's talk about Buffalo Wild Wings
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If you've ever been to one of their 1,200-plus locations, you know that there are a few things that are quite important to these guys
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Food, drinks, sports. And of those, the multiple screens that are used to show a wide variety of sports-related content are clearly the most attention-grabbing
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And that's where Buffalo Wild Wings uses ChromeOS to serve up a lot of their consumer-facing info and their fan-favorant things like trivia games
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Between promotions, digital signage, and trivia, Buffalo Wild Wings has deployed over 2,300
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Chrome boxes to power all of it So the next time you in for a beer and some wings just know ChromeOS is likely the thing powering your trivia Now there are other restaurants like Wendy for instance that are utilizing ChromeOS
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for digital signage as well, but let's shift to a business category most of us don't like
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to even think about unless it's absolutely necessary. Call centers. Though interacting with the company's call center isn't something most of us want to do in our
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free time, they are necessary for a lot of things. And many of those call centers are powered by, you guessed it
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OS. Take Synchronic, for example. This company that handles financing for all sorts of things
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was able to move over 6,000 employees to a remote work setup with Chromebooks and Google admin
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console in just three weeks. Leveraging Citrix, Synchrony was able to get these employees up and
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running quickly and securely because of the flexibility and security that ChromeOS offers
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But ChromeOS is also expanding into health care as well. Hackensack Meridian Health had a multi-point
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challenge to consolidate and improve on their overall operations to improve practitioner experiences
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By leveraging ChromeOS, they saw a 10% reduction in login times and $6 million in savings for
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licensing, management, and infrastructure and an easier transition path for their employees to
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start working from home. Specifically, this is how they summed up the move to ChromeOS
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The cost savings are impressive, but the biggest impact of using ChromeOS devices along with
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Google Workspace and other tools is that our clinicians, nurses and other frontline workers have fast secure access to health records in Epic so they can deliver faster better patient experiences And these are only some of the examples of how Chrome OS is being deployed in all
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sorts of settings and scenarios that you may have never thought about
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Seeing this gives me great hope for the future of ChromeOS on the whole, not just because
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it proves how capable it is, but because it also keeps pushing our favorite OS in front of
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people who perhaps never even thought about it before. The more ChromeOS grows in its capabilities, the more people that continue leveraging it on a daily basis
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the more Chrome OS specific software we're going to continue to see. And as a fan of Chromebooks, that makes me happy
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And if you're a fan or even just a casual user, it should make you happy too
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ChromeOS is coming into its own, and it's really fun to just kind of sit back and watch what's unfolding
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The next time you walk into your favorite restaurant, go see the doctor or call into customer support
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you might just be interacting with someone using ChromeOS. Gone are the days when professional software applications require windows at every single turn
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Where applicable, ChromeOS is coming for those use cases. So keep your eyes peeled
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