This morning, Google’s Senior Director of Chrome Engineering, Max Christoff announced that the Chrome browser on macOS has reached a new speed milestone. As of Chrome 99, it’s now faster than Safari, according to Apple’s own “Speedometer” benchmark system. Scoring a 300, Chrome is now the fastest and most responsive browser option on Apple’s hardware. […]
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This emulator wants to let you play your PlayStation 2 games directly through the web browser
I’m always excited to check out new web technologies, and it truly blows me away how powerful and capable the browser has become. In many instances, it can do everything a traditionally downloaded software can do. While it’s no replacement – at least, not yet, it’s coming along really well. Today, I wanted to share […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 145: CES 2022 recap
This week on The Chrome Cast, we’re looking back at all the fun stuff we covered from CES 2022. While we couldn’t be at the show this year due to increased COVID activity and the omicron variant, all our meetings were able to be conducted in a virtual space and HP was even kind enough […]
Continue ReadingA few reasons why the Lenovo Duet 5 should outperform other Snapdragon Chromebooks
We’re not too far out from the release of the recently-announced Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 and in preparation of this device’s arrival, we’ve been doing a bit of research around the 2nd-gen Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c that will be powering this interesting detachable Chromebook. You see, the Duet 5 isn’t just a simply sequel to the […]
Continue ReadingApple’s jab at Chromebooks in their iPad keynote is misleading and a little flattering
As a general rule, Apple doesn’t mention the competition very often. In fact, even when comparing their processor speed or camera improvements in the past, the company generally just compares their latest hardware to the past generations of their own stuff. And they do this for a very good reason. Instead of giving you any […]
Continue ReadingNew rumor says Google’s Pixel 6 Tensor SoC could outperform the Snapdragon 888
One of the questions surrounding the impending release of Google’s next flagship phones – the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro – is how good the new, custom, Google-designed Tensor SoC will actually be. Obviously, Google’s been pretty tight-lipped about it aside from some claims about what Tensor will allow them to finally do in […]
Continue ReadingWe’re finally beginning to get Android 11 and ARCVM in Canary on more Chromebooks
It’s been nearly 6 months since we saw the first signs of the new Android 11 for Chromebooks. Delivered in the brand-new ARCVM container, this new way of offering up Android apps for Chrome OS is a big step forward. While we’re not seeing massive improvements in performance just yet, Google seems to think that […]
Continue ReadingGoogle is coming down on spammy Chrome extensions by requiring devs to enable 2FA
Google has been trying very much to clean up the cesspool that is the Chrome Web Store as of late. In just the past year alone, it’s created a new ‘seal of approval’ for extensions that respect user privacy and data, has introduced new protections against downloading malicious extensions, stopped them from sharing processes to […]
Continue ReadingHP debuts Tiger Lake Pro c640 G2 Chromebook
Tiger Lake Chromebooks are starting to drop at an exceedingly rapid pace and HP is back with another 11th Gen device to follow up its Enterprise Chromebooks that launched just about this time last year. The HP Pro c640 Chromebook from 2020 was a 10th Gen workhorse designed with businesses in mind. As a matter […]
Continue Reading7 Key things we learned from Google I/O for Chromebooks [VIDEO]
Like many things at this point in 2021, Google I/O this year has been a bit…different. With no in-person get togethers or sessions, Google took things completely online and opened the conference up to anyone and everyone who wanted to attend. Though totally virtual, a lot of what makes Google I/O special still remained. We […]
Continue Reading‘What’s New in Chrome OS’ at Google I/O makes a great case for developing for Chromebooks
Starting out by highlighting the explosive growth of Chromebooks across the board, the What’s new in Chrome OS keynote didn’t do much to give us a bunch of info we didn’t already know, but it did a great job of combining much of what we’ve been talking about here at Chrome Unboxed over the past […]
Continue ReadingGoogle is rolling out a big update to speed up Google Docs rendering for everyone
Google Docs has come a long, long way over the years. I was just having a conversation with a coworker yesterday about how many users have migrated over to using Google’s office tools as their primary way to get work done. That list includes some folks that I never thought would step away from the […]
Continue ReadingChrome for desktop is less RAM hungry with latest update thanks to PartitionAlloc
It’s no secret that Chrome became the most RAM-hungry browser after it started to pick up steam and increased its user base, but it has come leaps and bounds from what it used to be. That trend continues with its latest update. M89 introduces several improvements to memory management and performance on Desktop Windows and […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Meet is adding new safety and engagement features to support distanced learning
In an effort to further support at distance learning and as a direct response to the increased usage of Google Meet, Google has added several new safety and engagement features to the software which should help teachers manage their interactions easier. The official blog post features a trove of content which is discussed at length, […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Meet adds dedicated IP addresses for non-Workspace user traffic
Though Google rolled out fixed IP ranges for Google Meet in Workspace domains last year, they’re taking things a step further and introducing the same feature to non-Google Workspace accounts. In doing so, Workspace customers and those who join their calls can configure optimize video conference traffic. This will also apply to users who connect […]
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