Last week, I shared a deal on the unique and highly versatile HP Chromebase 22. With its rotating touch-enabled display, this one-of-a-kind ChromeOS all-in-one is perfect for home use by the entire family. Yet, it can also be a formidable device for office or enterprise applications. the 21.5″ screen is attached to a rather hefty […]
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Lenovo’s Core i5 IdeaPad Gaming Chromebook is now available but…
Last month, Google joined with three manufacturers to announce some new Chromebooks that are aimed at gamers. In the mix, we have offerings from Acer, ASUS, and Lenovo. Each device has its own redeeming qualities but thus far, the Acer Chromebook 516 GE seems to stand out among the crowd with the best CPU and […]
Continue ReadingDid you know that Gateway made a Chromebook? Me either but here we are
Do you remember Gateway Stores? If you do, welcome to the middle-age club. I’m just playing. Still, the Gateway PC brand stirs up memories of our family’s first desktop PC that my dad custom-ordered back in the early nineties. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, perhaps the Holstein cow design on the Gateway boxes […]
Continue ReadingLenovo Ideapad Gaming Chromebook unboxing and first impressions [VIDEO]
Our first run in with one of the three new cloud gaming-focused Chromebooks went very well, making the Acer Chromebook 516 GE one of my absolute favorite laptops of the year at this point. Lenovo’s contribution to this slightly-niche Chromebook space is the Ideapad Gaming Chromebook and it offers much of the same stuff that […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 201: Framework Laptop Chromebook arrives, Pixel Fold leaks emerge
For this week’s episode of The Chrome Cast, we stick to three pretty big topics of the week: the emergence of the Pixel Fold, the arrival of the Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition, and some additional details about the Pixel 7a that make it very interesting as a mid-range contender to the flagship Pixel 7. It’s […]
Continue ReadingScore this one-of-a-kind ChromeOS all-in-one for only $399
If you’re an 80’s kid like me, you may have memories of a desktop PC strategically placed in your home for all the family to use. Whether doing school work, playing Tetris, or chatting on message boards, the home PC became a staple for many households in the late eighties and early nineties. These days, […]
Continue ReadingDeal of the Day: Grab this portable Lenovo ChromeOS tablet for only $189
Don’t let its age fool you. Lenovo’s original MediaTek-powered Chromebook Duet tablet is still an excellent little device for various tasks. If you’re looking for a secondary device for the kids or just something for content consumption, the 10.1″ ChromeOS detachable is a solid choice if you can pick one up on sale. Today happens […]
Continue ReadingThe Google Play Store is about to open the floodgates with new content for kids and families
In an effort to expand upon its Teacher Approved content via the Kid’s Tab of the Google Play Store, Google is now allowing all apps that meet the Play Families Policy to be shown on that Kid’s tab of the storefront. As a reminder, one of the most important qualifications a developer must meet with […]
Continue ReadingGrab this premium ChromeOS tablet and save $130
Looking to score that perfect holiday deal on a new Chromebook? You’re in luck. Black Friday is no longer reserved for one single shopping day. Instead, retailers like Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and many more are running month-long discounts on everything under the sun. That includes some of the best Chromebooks on the market. Earlier […]
Continue ReadingGet the excellent Lenovo Chromebook Flex 5i for $200 off retail
There’s no doubt that it is the time of year for deals. Gabriel just surfaced the $299 sale on the Lenovo Flex 5i with the 11th-gen Intel Core i3 inside over the weekend, and this deal comes right on the heels of that stellar offer. While the $299 model is the one I’d personally go […]
Continue ReadingICYMI: Jimmy Kimmel rambles while Guillermo ups his Chromebook “game”
Just in case you missed the news, Google has been leaning heavily into gaming on ChromeOS. Even though we’re a mere two months away from the sunsetting of Google’s in-house streaming game service Stadia, the ChromeOS team has been putting in work to highlight the still-available cloud-gaming services that work perfectly on Chromebooks. These include […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Wallet finally comes to Fitbit Versa 4 and Sense 2, Google Maps soon
I’ve had a bit of a mixed experience of late with Fitbit. Since the aquisition of the company by Google, we now have the first Fitbit Versa and Fitbit Sense with Google branding on the box, and we also have the Pixel Watch as part of the larger, overall family at this point. Though I’ve […]
Continue ReadingChrome Flags: What are they and how to enable them
If you’ve followed Chrome Unboxed for any amount of time, you’re likely aware that I’m the tinkerer of the family. Whether I’m looking for new features in the Canary channel of ChromeOS or trying to install unofficial software via the Linux container, I’m always trying to push the boundaries of our beloved ChromeOS ecosystem. While […]
Continue ReadingDon’t miss this unbelievably huge discount on arguably the best Chromebook of 2021
There are Chromebook deals and then there are Chromebook Deals. This one would be one of the latter. One of my favorite parts of covering the ChromeOS world is the vast variety of hardware and the fact that any of it is prone to go on sale at a moment’s notice. We generally scour the […]
Continue ReadingHere are all the Kompanio 520 Chromebooks in development we’re tracking right now
Last week, before Joe went out to Sonoma for the 2022 MediaTek Executive Summit, I found a few interesting new boards in the Chromium Repositories that contained the new, somewhat-mysterious MT8186 SoC inside. We’ve talked about it before, but when I found these new devices in development, I also had some embargoed information that made […]
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