The Chrome Cast Podcast

This week on The Chrome Cast, we begin the show with a bit of an unplanned dive into the new website, highlighting all the changes and reasons we felt it was time to roll out a new version - V4 - of Chrome Unboxed. There are so many new things to explore on the site and we're genuinely hoping that … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 151: Chrome OS Flex arrives to save aging laptops

This week on The Chrome Cast, we begin the show talking through our recent review of the ASUS Chromebook Flip CX5400. It has become a favorite around the office and there are a lot of reasons why, so we cover those and talk about a few other hardware-related things we're looking forward to form … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 149: Chromebook sales numbers are down, Pixel sales soar in Q4 of 2021

This week on The Chrome Cast, we begin things by introducing our newest, soon-to-be employee: Andrew Johnson. He's not technically on the team just yet, but we're near getting him onboarded and we spend a few minutes letting all of you get to know him a bit better. Andrew will be helping us with … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 148: new details emerge on the Pixel Notepad and Pixel Watch

On this week's episode of The Chrome Cast, we begin the show by talking about the new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro update that arrived just hours after we wrapped up our podcast last week. Though all our thoughts about the massively-delayed update still hold, it was really great to finally see this one … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 147: The Pixel Notepad, Pixel 6 updates, and fast MediaTek Chromebooks

This week on The Chrome Cast, we spend almost all of our time in Pixel world. With the new leaks out there showing off the Pixel Fold in the latest Android 12L Beta (via the SIM card insertion help page), we've gone from just hoping that Google is building a foldable Pixel to feeling quite … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 146: Pixel Fold hopes ignite as Pixel 6 frustrations mount

This week on The Chrome Cast, we begin the episode discussing a new device that is in the office that, while it does run Chrome, is not exactly in our normal hardware wheelhouse. The device is my new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the reasons for this purchase were many, but the driving factors were … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 144: folding phones and a look back at Chrome Unboxed in 2021

This week on The Chrome Cast, we begin things on a somber note as we reflect a bit about the recent tornadoes that ravaged our home state of Kentucky. It's been a rough time for many in our Commonwealth and we've put together a way for our audience - readers, YouTube viewers, and podcast listeners … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 143: The Pixel Watch nears as Google Play Games comes to Windows

This week on The Chrome Cast, we begin the episode talking through our latest, largest giveaway wrapping up just minutes before we hit record. This morning, we announced the 5 winners of our 5 brand-new Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5's and we're still a bit blown away at the energy around this latest … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 142: wrapping up our biggest giveaway ever and our favorite tech of 2021

This week on The Chrome Cast, we spend the first half of the show discussing our sweet Lenovo Duet 5 giveaway and, because it is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2, we transition right into talking about the company's Snapdragon Summit. At this event, a new Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 was announced … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 141: New Snapdragon for Chromebooks, Chrome OS 96, Pixel Watch hopes

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 140: MediaTek Kompanio Chromebooks are coming, and so is the Pixel 6a