It’s no secret that I’ve fallen in love with Google Chrome’s tab groups feature. In fact, I wrote a whole article gushing about them in hopes that everyone would give them a try. I believe that they add a new layer of organization to your browsing experience, and since the day they released, I’ve used […]
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First Look: Supported web apps now respect your Chromebook’s light or dark theme
By now, we’re all well aware of the idea of a light or dark theme for our phones – Android and iOS users alike. It’s become a staple of technology use, and if not only an essential accessibility feature, then certainly a convenience at the very least. Over the past few years, Google and has […]
Continue ReadingGoogle gives Workspace users an eviction notice for the old Desktop Chat app
As we previously covered back in February, Google Chat has been preparing itself to become the new home for Hangouts users. As it’s Google’s new pet project, it’s gotten a lot of love and attention. With that, the Chat web application (PWA) has become so good that there is no longer a need for the […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Photos on the web helps you find things faster with ‘Explore’ and ‘Favorites’ tabs
Last year, Google Photos for mobile added arguably its best feature – the ability to ‘Explore’ your photos and videos in a more thoughtful and dynamic way. Using its machine learning and artificial intelligence, Google actively tags your content based on who or what appears in it, and when and where it was taken. You […]
Continue ReadingChrome OS desperately needs a unified App Store
So, here were are heading into the third month of 2021, and Chrome OS has exponentially solidified its place in the world of the “new normal.” Thanks, in part, to the global pandemic that caused a massive explosion of work from home employees and remote-learning students, Chrome OS overtook macOS as the second largest operating […]
Continue ReadingAnother new productivity feature is headed to Virtual Desks on Chromebooks
For those of you who use Chrome OS’ Virtual Desks on a regular basis, you know all too well how they have evolved over time. From being an absolutely basic feature at first – presenting users with a total of 4 desktops to virtually move through – to the more fully-featured version we have now, […]
Continue ReadingIcon surfaces for upcoming Chrome OS screen mirroring tool ‘Eche’
Last week, 9to5Google’s Kyle Bradshaw unearthed a new feature in the works that could eventually allow users to mirror your phone’s display to your Chromebook. In digging a little deeper, it appears that ‘eche’ will open a new window for interacting with notifications from the new Phone Hub interface that is headed to Chrome OS […]
Continue ReadingYour Chromebook Wallpapers find a new home in the Settings app
After spending years as a separate icon, your Chromebook’s wallpapers will soon be housed in the Settings app instead, or perhaps in addition to. In Chrome Canary, you can now enable the new wallpaper experience flag and then reboot. Once you’re back up and running, just head over to the Settings app, go to ‘Appearance’ […]
Continue ReadingYoutube TV may be preparing to let you download and watch shows offline
Of all of Youtube’s offerings, Youtube TV is the only app that currently doesn’t let you download and watch content offline with a Premium subscription. According to 9to5Google, that’s all about to change. After opening the app post update (5.06.2), a notification in your status be will state that the app is “looking for incomplete […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 99: ‘Works With Chromebook’ & USI pens that copy colors from the world
This week on The Chrome Cast, we begin our discussion around the growing ‘Works With Chromebook’ initiative from Google. Though it seems nearly everything you plug into a Chromebook works these days, Google is going the extra step to ease consumers’ minds about peripherals that they may come across in a store like Best Buy […]
Continue ReadingGoogle is listening: YouTube Music native casting and offline listening headed to Chromebooks
It’s no secret that I tend to rant quite often about YouTube Music and the shortcomings found there. I was a Google Play Music user and loved that service, so winning me over is tough for sure. As Google Play Music began winding down last year, I knew the time was coming to move all […]
Continue ReadingStadia will now come “pre-installed” on Chromebooks, and why that could be a bad thing
According to a recent tweet by the official Made By Google account, Stadia is now coming pre-installed on Chromebooks. Now, let’s clear something up right out of the gate – The Stadia ‘app’ that’s being referred to here is not the Google Play app, it’s the web app. Now, you may be saying to yourself, […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Photos will now let you pinch-to-zoom on videos as they play
Google Photos is finally getting a feature that I’ve been a bit jealous of iPhones for having – pinch-to-zoom on videos! First spotted by Android Police, double-tapping on the video as it plays will allow you to zoom in, and dragging your finger over it will let you pan across to see details up close […]
Continue ReadingShadow APKs are coming to Chromebooks to vastly improve Android app sharing
One of the chief complaints we hear about Android apps on Chromebooks is the inability to share things across the Chrome OS platform the way you’d expect. It generally goes something like this: I have XYZ Android app installed and I’d like to use the built-in share button to share some content via XYZ web […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Search dark mode is appearing briefly for more users, and it looks promising
We just reported on Google having created and rolled out a dark theme for Chrome Remote Desktop today, your Google My Activity page earlier this week, and Google News before that. Heck, even the Chrome OS recovery screen went dark! The company began A/B testing a dark theme for Search back in December, but it […]
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