This week on The Chrome Cast, we are taking a bit to discuss some of our favorite things from 2020 and taking a look towards what we’re most looking forward to in 2021. For our discussion on the past year, the mid-range Chromebook emergence takes up the bulk of our time and looking forward, devices […]
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Hosted by Joe Humphrey and Robby Payne, The Chrome Cast is a weekly show that unpacks everything from hardware to software in the world of Chrome, Chrome OS, and Google so that listeners can be more informed on all the latest updates, changes, and devices.
The Chrome Cast 92: Stadia PWA on iOS impresses and Google buys up Neverware
This week on The Chrome Cast, we spend the first portion of the show discussing the incredible job the Stadia team has done in bringing the Stadia experience over to iPhone and iPad via an impressive PWA. With so much happening in Stadia from game streaming to messaging to chat and Wi-Fi controller pairing, it […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 91: Chrome OS 87 arrives with some nice upgrades
This week on The Chrome Cast, we spend much of our time talking through a ton of the new features on board in Chrome OS 87. From new wallpapers to Bluetooth battery reporting to ALT+TAB keyboard navigation, there’s quite a bit in this update to digest. From there we move on to talking about some […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 90: Chrome OS tablet and high-end Chromebook conundrums
This week on The Chrome Cast, we spend our time talking through two confusing segments of the current Chromebook market: tablets and high-end Chromebooks. Both of these categories have great current and upcoming options, but both are likely confusing for consumers on the outside looking in. For outsiders, it probably looks like the market for […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 89: Big deals, great gear, & all the Chromebooks we expect in 2021
This week on The Chrome Cast, we spend a bit of time talking through our latest, favorite deals as well as our picks for 2020 Gear of the Year. From $200 Lenovo Duet’s to big sales on AirPods Pro, there are so many deals going on it is a bit dizzying. Between those deals and […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 88: As Chromebook deals abound, Apple’s M1 silicon delivers
This week on The Chrome Cast, we start things off by covering our current giveaways (both a Lenovo Chromebook Duet and Acer Chromebook Spin 713), tons of other great deals out there on Chromebooks for the holiday season, and we follow it all up with an overview of the Best Chromebooks of 2020 video that […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 87: ARM, MediaTek, Apple M1, and Chromebooks
This week on The Chrome Cast, we’re talking about ARM yet again. There’s a reason we find ourselves in this lane week in and week out, and it is because ARM is finally emerging in the market as a viable counterpart to Intel’s desktop dominance. We see this more clearly than ever with both the […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 86: New MediaTek Chromebook chips and the open web wins for video calls
This week on The Chrome Cast, we’re getting prepped and excited for a few reasons as we approach the MediaTek Summit next week. For one, we know there is going to be some Chromebook-specific news in regard to the upcoming MT8195 chips we expect to see in Chromebooks beginning in 2021. More exciting is the […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 85: The strange arrival of Chrome OS 86 and the return of Chromebook inventory
This week on The Chrome Cast, our conversation is as varied as the week’s content has been. From a new version of Chrome OS arriving, rolling out slowly, being not-really-delayed, and finally landing for nearly everyone, it has been an odd release cycle to be sure. Additionally, we’ve seen the confident return of Chromebook inventory […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 84: Acer’s new Snapdragon Chromebook and better Android app support
This week on The Chrome Cast, we’re diving into the new ARM-powered Chromebook that Acer just unveiled this week (the Chromebook Spin 513) that just so happens to be running on the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Compute platform. Though this device is still clearly a work in progress, the inclusion of Snapdragon chips in the […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 83: ARM is coming for your laptop
This week on The Chrome Cast, we’re peeling back the onion a bit to take a deeper look at why the laptop industry’s transitions over the ARM-based chips is so important for Chrome OS. While Chromebooks have run fine on both ARM and x86 processors alike for years, it’s never quite felt like Google has […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 82: There’s new Google hardware in the office and we have thoughts
Google’s new hardware has dominated our site, YouTube channel and podcast for a few weeks now. We had preliminary leaks of the new gadgets followed by a virtual event and now we have the actual hardware in our hands here at the Chrome Unboxed office. If you missed them, we have unboxing videos of both […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 81: Unboxing Google’s ‘Launch Night In’ hardware event
There’s no real reason to fight it, right? This week has been totally dominated by Google’s latest hardware unveiling and we’re here for it. From new phones to a Chromecast with a remote to a beautiful new smart speaker, there was a lot to take in and react to. We spent the entire podcast unpacking […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 80: Google’s hardware has all leaked out
This week on The Chrome Cast, we stay in one lane: Google’s. Specifically, Google’s upcoming hardware. Over the past few days, leak after leak has happened and pretty much everything is out in the open about new phones, a new Chromecast, a new smart speaker, and a new Wi-Fi router. Between this week’s podcast and […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 79: Google’s upcoming hardware event and decoupling Chrome from Chromebooks
This week on The Chrome Cast, we spend quite a bit of our time talking through all the things we’re excited to see at Google’s event in just under two weeks from today. Between a new Nest speaker, a couple new phones, and the all new Chromecast with Google TV, there’s a lot of solid […]
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