Three months ago, we were desperate for a new Chromebox. Now, we're having trouble keeping track of them all. Good problem to have for us here at Chrome Unboxed. … [Read more...] about ViewSonic Hops On The Chromebox Bandwagon
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Drag Down To Refresh Now Available On Chromebooks In Stable Channel
We wrote not too long ago about a Chrome feature that exists on Android coming to Chrome OS: drag to refresh. At the time, it was available in the Dev Channel of Chrome OS, and that was only a month ago. … [Read more...] about Drag Down To Refresh Now Available On Chromebooks In Stable Channel
CTL Takes The Chromebook J41 On Tour With Mimicking Birds at SXSW2018
CTL has been hard at it out of the gate in 2018. The Chromebook manufacturer from Oregon has already launched two Chrome devices in the past month and they've only just begun. While keeping busy in NYC at a Google EDU Summit, other members of the CTL team have headed South as they teamed up with … [Read more...] about CTL Takes The Chromebook J41 On Tour With Mimicking Birds at SXSW2018
Google Home Routines Are Now Rolling Out: Here’s How To Use Them
Google Routines are officially live. Google even has a support page up for them already. Enabling and using them is a relatively easy task, but you need to know where to look and also be aware that, even if you have the latest version of the Google Home App, you may not see them in your settings … [Read more...] about Google Home Routines Are Now Rolling Out: Here’s How To Use Them
Google’s Allo For Web Will Soon Work Without Your Phone
Allo, Google's consumer-facing messaging solution, has been an exercise in patience for most users who have adopted it over the past couple years. Yeah, Google announced their latest messaging platform almost 2 years ago at I/O, and it has continued to iterate and fix it as time has gone … [Read more...] about Google’s Allo For Web Will Soon Work Without Your Phone
Acer Chromebook 15 Review: Greater Than The Sum of its Parts
The title up there was written on purpose. The Acer Chromebook 15 is nothing if not underwhelming on the spec sheet. As we go through the specifics of this device, it would be easy to consider writing off this machine based individual stats. Other than one area, this Chromebook isn't the best at … [Read more...] about Acer Chromebook 15 Review: Greater Than The Sum of its Parts
Chrome OS Adds More Android-like Features
Robby stumbled upon this UI change on the Samsung Chromebook Pro last week before we took it out of the Canary channel and from the looks of it, developers are putting a lot of work into polishing it up to get it moved into the more stable versions of Chrome OS. Last week, we noticed that long … [Read more...] about Chrome OS Adds More Android-like Features
Do You Hoard Tabs? Do You Long To See Your Fav Icons? Chrome Is Here To Help.
For some, hoarding is a way of life. When it comes to your browser, hoarding tabs can be a mind-numbing frustration that leads to colorful language and worn out mice as you hunt for the one page you're looking for amongst the dozens you have open. … [Read more...] about Do You Hoard Tabs? Do You Long To See Your Fav Icons? Chrome Is Here To Help.
Exciting Feature Coming To Chromebook Extended Displays
In the past few months, the name of the game in the Chrome OS universe is new features. In the absence of new flagship hardware for the Chrome OS ecosystem (we've seen quite a few new education-focused Chromebooks, but no real flagship devices announced since the Pixelbook back in early … [Read more...] about Exciting Feature Coming To Chromebook Extended Displays
Chrome OS 64 Arrives For Those Left Out [Pixelbook, Samsung Chromebook Pro]
Chrome OS 64 isn't a new revelation in any way, shape or form. As a matter of fact, it came out just over 5 weeks ago at this point. Those of you doing the math have calculated correctly if you've deduced that we likely only have a week left before Chrome OS 65 rolls out. … [Read more...] about Chrome OS 64 Arrives For Those Left Out [Pixelbook, Samsung Chromebook Pro]
CTL Launches Affordable Kaby Lake Chromebox
Seems like only yesterday we were sitting around pontificating as to why we were in the midst of a massive Chromebox drought. Well, the dry spell has certainly passed. With 8th Gen Kaby Lake boxes on the way from Acer, ASUS and HP, a new device was just announced from a less-likely OEM and this one … [Read more...] about CTL Launches Affordable Kaby Lake Chromebox
Google Home Calling Arrives In The U.K.
Better late than never, right? Slated for the end of 2017, making phone calls from Google Home was a feature delayed for users in the United Kingdom. Yesterday, the community manager of the Google Home product forum officially announced that the feature has now been turned on. … [Read more...] about Google Home Calling Arrives In The U.K.
