Update, May 6th 11:00 AM EST. It looks like this may be a false alarm. The Personalization Hub is, in fact, testing a 10-second wallpaper refresh, but as 9to5Google points out, there's code that indicates this may only ever remain a developer testing tool. There are currently no plans for Google to … [Read more...] about [U] Personalization Hub will let you automatically refresh your wallpaper every 10 seconds
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[First Look] ChromeOS Personalization Hub gets RGB Keyboard backlight color picker
Gamers love their RGB backlit keyboards. I love mine, too! With Steam now available on Chromebooks, and with more powerful ChromeOS devices capable of running it hitting the market, it's no wonder that Google wants to cater to this demographic of users to give them a higher level of personalization … [Read more...] about [First Look] ChromeOS Personalization Hub gets RGB Keyboard backlight color picker
ChromeOS Canary adds a Google Photos album view in latest Personalization Hub update
Last week, I discovered that the rumored Google Photos integration with the chromeOS Canary Personalization Hub was live, but at the time, it was pretty broken. In fact, it wouldn't even load properly unless you waited a handful of minutes. Needless to say, this is a feature in development, and more … [Read more...] about ChromeOS Canary adds a Google Photos album view in latest Personalization Hub update
chromeOS Personalization Hub adding new, more Googley “Float on by” screensaver
Chrome OS - or should I say "chromeOS" - received an update on the Canary channel this morning that added a beautiful, new screensaver to the up-and-coming Personalization Hub. After applying the update and restarting, I noticed upon attempting to re-enable my Google Photos screensaver integration … [Read more...] about chromeOS Personalization Hub adding new, more Googley “Float on by” screensaver
Here’s our first look at the new Chrome OS animated screensaver feature
Thanks to Kevin Tofel over at About Chromebooks, we now have our very first look at the animated screensavers Google recently promised us that would eventually make their way to the new Personalization Hub. After updating his Acer Spin 713 to Chrome OS Dev Channel 100 - the first three-digit … [Read more...] about Here’s our first look at the new Chrome OS animated screensaver feature
You may soon be able to personalize your Chromebook with an animated screensaver
Dinsan over at Chrome Story spotted something truly remarkable that the Chrome OS developer team is working on - animated screensavers for your Chromebook! According to the Chromium Gerrit that he found, Google will be utilizing something called 'Lottie' - a web-based platform for animation creation … [Read more...] about You may soon be able to personalize your Chromebook with an animated screensaver
