Google Assistant has revolutionized how we interact with our technology, offering voice commands and contextual awareness as conversational input, and further allowing Google to stand by its mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Sadly, over the … [Read more...] about What was once the most innovative Google service may soon be yesterday’s news
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Google Search for mobile does let you save websites to Collections, but it’s not obvious
Collections is a feature within Google Search that allows you to save recipes, images, Maps locations, and so much more across the company's services for later reference. It's a handy tool for anyone who needs to save things for a more appropriate time, like when they're in the kitchen cooking or … [Read more...] about Google Search for mobile does let you save websites to Collections, but it’s not obvious
Google’s Bard is singing a new tune this week, upgrades to its capabilities already rolling out
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 is in … [Read more...] about Google’s Bard is singing a new tune this week, upgrades to its capabilities already rolling out
The Chrome Cast 221: Framework Laptop and making sense of $1000 Chromebooks
This week on The Chrome Cast, we spend our time talking through two main topics. The first is our thoughts on the new, high-end, modular Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition. Our review dropped this week and, as always, we have some thoughts. For a device built to be deconstructed and upgraded, … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 221: Framework Laptop and making sense of $1000 Chromebooks
With this change, notifications on ChromeOS are finally usable again
We've talked about this new change coming to the system tray of ChromeOS before, but it was something relegated to the Canary Channel at the time and I didn't give it too much thought. As excited as I get for upcoming software changes to ChromeOS, if they require moving to the Developer or Canary … [Read more...] about With this change, notifications on ChromeOS are finally usable again
The HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook is back in stock – Act fast before it’s gone again!
We have zero qualms in saying that the HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook is the hands-down pinnacle of ChromeOS hardware as we know it. That's not to say that we've peaked but for now, the Dragonfly is the King of Chromebooks past and present. The only real hangup with this ultra-premium "prosumer" device … [Read more...] about The HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook is back in stock – Act fast before it’s gone again!
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 … [Read more...] about Google Photos Video Editor/Movie Creator finally arrives for Chromebooks
Some Docs and Gmail users are starting to get access to Google’s AI “Help me write” feature
Google recently announced a revolutionary new "Help me write" feature for Google Docs and Gmail. While not yet "available", I find this to be exciting and innovative as it aims to help users overcome writer's block and spark their creativity. As I said in our previous coverage, it's meant to act as … [Read more...] about Some Docs and Gmail users are starting to get access to Google’s AI “Help me write” feature
Why is $1000 acceptable for an Android tablet, but not a well-made Chromebook?
A strange dichotomy exists in the tech world right now, and if you weren't shopping for a larger, portable electronic device (i.e. - not a phone), you may not even realize it. What I'm talking about is the perspective disorientation that surrounds high-end, more-expensive Chromebooks. Since … [Read more...] about Why is $1000 acceptable for an Android tablet, but not a well-made Chromebook?
‘Add to Reading List’ option appears in Google Discover via Chrome’s NPT on Android
For years, I've been begging for an option to add articles to Chrome's Reading List or a Google Collection called "Read later" without first having to open each article in the web wrapper, choose to open it in the full browser, and then bookmark it to my reading list. This process is time-consuming … [Read more...] about ‘Add to Reading List’ option appears in Google Discover via Chrome’s NPT on Android
Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition review: a premium on modularity [VIDEO]
The Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition (we'll go with Framework or Framework Chromebook for the rest of this review) is a device that is largely without peer. In the Chromebook space, there's absolutely nothing like it and at $999, it is a very interesting Chromebook that gets much of the high-end … [Read more...] about Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition review: a premium on modularity [VIDEO]
Deal 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 … [Read more...] about Deal Alert: YouTube Premium subscribers get Walmart+ and XBOX PC Game Pass for free
