Best Buy just rolled out "Early Black Friday" deals on hundreds of products including a ridiculous deal on the fan-favorite Lenovo Chromebook Duet. We'll highlight the best Chromebook and Google Assistant deals in a roundup later today but I felt that this particular product deserved its own … [Read more...] about Smart Deal: $25 gets you this powerful Google Assistant Smart Clock from Lenovo
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Get voting information and follow U.S. Election coverage with a little help from Google
With just under a week until the U.S. Election, Google is bringing helpful tools to their Assistant, Search, Youtube, and more so that you can be informed on where to vote and follow the event's coverage. They are partnering with The Associated Press (AP) - a trusted source of information on … [Read more...] about Get voting information and follow U.S. Election coverage with a little help from Google
Don’t forget this final step as you say goodbye to Google Play Music
As we all begin to deal with the reality that Google Play Music is almost fully retired, there are many users already moving on to greener pastures. Whether its a migration to YouTube Music or a full departure to Spotify or Amazon Music, we've all had to make our moves and figure out our new … [Read more...] about Don’t forget this final step as you say goodbye to Google Play Music
Price Drop: The 128GB Lenovo Chromebook Duet is now only $229!
Best Buy is already rolling out "Black Friday" deals to lead into the holiday shopping season and I'll be rounding up some awesome smart home deals for you in just a bit. However, while I was digging around, I notice that the Lenovo Chromebook Duet just received a third discount from Best Buy. Just … [Read more...] about Price Drop: The 128GB Lenovo Chromebook Duet is now only $229!
Google Play Store feature that helps you compare similar apps could be great for Chromebooks
Spotted by Android Police, The Google Play Store is running a limited experiment that shows comparisons of similar apps near the bottom of a listing. In the gif below, they discovered that VLC Player has comparisons for several other video players and shows whether they have offline functionality, … [Read more...] about Google Play Store feature that helps you compare similar apps could be great for Chromebooks
Google is testing “Side Panels” for Chrome’s upcoming Reading List feature
As the old saying goes, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" and Google's latest Chrome experiment takes a page directly from that playbook. Ever since Edge browser moved to the Chromium platform, both Google and Microsoft have benefited from working together on the same Chromium code base … [Read more...] about Google is testing “Side Panels” for Chrome’s upcoming Reading List feature
Dell is likely at work on a Snapdragon-powered Chromebook of its own
Over the course of the last couple years, tracking Chromebooks in development has become a much more elaborate affair. Where we used to see a device here and a device there, the truth is there are so many Chromebooks in development at this moment that we now have a frequently-updated post just to … [Read more...] about Dell is likely at work on a Snapdragon-powered Chromebook of its own
The Chromebook launcher key is now officially called the ‘Everything button’
When Google first created Chromebooks, they opted for the removal of the caps lock key. The decision was probably made because caps lock (originally called shift lock) was created for mechanical typewriters and while locking capitalization on a modern keyboard is useful for some things, like report … [Read more...] about The Chromebook launcher key is now officially called the ‘Everything button’
Stadia to receive UPlay+ as Ubisoft Plus by end of year with new Ubisoft Connect service
We've been waiting for quite some time to hear word of Ubisoft's popular UPlay+ service coming to Stadia, but with each passing event, Google left us high and dry for information. We knew that Ubisoft already had plans to launch it on Stadia and Amazon Luna before the year's end, but they were vague … [Read more...] about Stadia to receive UPlay+ as Ubisoft Plus by end of year with new Ubisoft Connect service
Hands-on with the new Chrome OS Dark/Light Mode [Video]
It has been just over a year since Google officially launched Dark Mode for the Android operating system and not long after, we discovered that developers were already hard at work preparing a similar experience for Chrome OS. While we've been tracking this feature for quite some time, Chrome OS' … [Read more...] about Hands-on with the new Chrome OS Dark/Light Mode [Video]
Google needs to clean up branding on their smart speaker lineup
With our Nest Audio review now in the books, we've been talking about smart speakers around the office more than usual. With that being the case, we've had to reference Google's growing array of smart speakers a lot and it should come as no surprise that the naming at this point feels more than … [Read more...] about Google needs to clean up branding on their smart speaker lineup
Google Assistant helps you get spooky with Halloween tips and tricks
With Halloween just three days away, the Made by Google team is at it again with their monster videos. They created a few funny videos last year which largely centered on monster auditions for their seasonal Nest doorbell sounds, which are back this year so we thought it would be fun to take a look … [Read more...] about Google Assistant helps you get spooky with Halloween tips and tricks
