This week on the Chrome Cast, we spend a good bit of time talking through MediaTek’s Executive Summit, the things that were announced there, and our thoughts on what the landscape of MediaTek ARM-powered Chromebooks will look like in the coming weeks and months. Joe was lucky enough to get to go out to California […]
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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 139: Pixel 6 bugs, fixes, and our picks for best Chromebooks of 2021
This week on The Chrome Cast, we begin the show talking about all things Pixel 6. With a few launch-related bugs, we’ve been really impressed with Google’s continual ownership of the issues and their quickness in fixing things they’ve admitted are actually problems. For past phones, the company has been a bit more hesitant to […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 138: Pixel 6 GPU speeds, PUBG New State, and no new Pixelbooks anytime soon
This week on the podcast, we begin things by chatting about the recent GPU benchmarks that have surfaced for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. With the two phones being out in the wild for a few weeks at this point, it is nice to see where some of the speedy performance comes from […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 137: Lenovo’s new Chromebook Duet 5 tablet and a folding Pixel
This week on The Chrome Cast, we start the show by discussing the latest piece of Chrome OS hardware to show up in the office: the Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5. This large, thin tablet was one that wasn’t the most intriguing when it was announced, but has quickly won us all over thanks to a […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 136: Pixel 6 benchmarks, video editing on Chromebooks with LumaFusion
This week, we open the show with some review-type thoughts on the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. With our video recently going out that highlights our collective conflict over which Pixel to buy, there’s a lot to talk about now that we’ve had these phones in our hands for well over a week. With […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 135: The one with the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
I don’t think we need to think too much about what this week’s podcast is centered on. Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are launched, in our office, and we definitely have some thoughts. This year, it’s not about “to Pixel, or not to Pixel?” Instead, the question really is all about which Pixel is […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 134: On the eve of the Pixel Fall Launch
This week on The Chrome Cast, we’re still stuck in Pixel 6 land. We warned you that it would be a Pixel party until the 19th and here we sit, just days out from the final unveiling. In the last week, more leaks came up, more specs were verified, and more hype was generated on […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 133: more Pixel 6 leaks as Facebook goes dark
This week on The Chrome Cast, we begin the show discussing the major outage that struck Facebook this week, bringing down all their services along with it. For most of the work day Monday, users were unable to send messages via Messenger or WhatsApp, post on Facebook or Instagram, or access Oculus VR services. It […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 132: About that Pixel 6 Pro Case
This week on The Chrome Cast, we’re talking Pixel 6 once again. We’re likely only a couple of weeks away from the official launch of Google’s latest flagship but Robby got his hands on a case for the Pixel 6 Pro and we have some thoughts. The larger Pixel 6 Pro is set to have […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 131: Leaks affirm Pixel 6 launch date and new ARM Chromebooks are coming
This week on The Chrome Cast, we begin the show by once again delving into the week’s news surrounding the highly-anticipated Pixel 6 launch. With the new rumors swirling, it seems clear that we’ll be seeing these new phones up for order on October 19th – less than four weeks from now. We also take […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 130: Apple’s misleading Chromebook jab and more Pixel 6 Tensor hype
This week on The Chrome Cast, we spend some time unpacking the recent – and frankly surprising – jab Apple chose to take at Chromebooks during their latest keynote presentation. In very non-Apple fashion, the company chose to quickly mention Chromebooks when talking about their latest, entry-level iPad and though it was a bit of […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 129: Google teases Pixel 6 even more as Lenovo unveils a new Duet
This week on The Chrome Cast, we discuss the new way that Google teased the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro with little warning in a new sizzle video on YouTube. The ad-like, 30-second video doesn’t give too much away that we didn’t already know, but it did give us the first official looks at […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 128: Pixel 6 release rumors and Google’s Tensor for Chromebooks
This week on The Chrome Cast, we dive into all the news surrounding the release date of the upcoming Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. Though there were murmurs of a possible unveiling on September 13th, it looks like that won’t be the case and there’s a new rumor swirling from noted leaker Jon Prosser […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 127: The HP Chromebook X2 11 hype is real
This week on The Chrome Cast, we had a handful of things to talk through, but the first half of the show was dominated by discussion of the HP Chromebook X2 11. This device is now available at Best Buy and as we wait during the next few days for it to arrive, we’re getting […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 126: Vulkan working on Chromebooks and making sense of the Pixel 5a
This week on The Chrome Cast, we’re welcoming our contributing writer Luke Short on the show to discuss a bit more in-depth about the discoveries he’s made getting Vulkan API support working on Chromebooks. For gaming on Chrome OS to finally arrive, Vulkan is a necessary piece of the overall puzzle. Though Luke’s work hasn’t […]
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