The Chrome Cast Podcast

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 91: Chrome OS 87 arrives with some nice upgrades

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 90: Chrome OS tablet and high-end Chromebook conundrums

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 discussing some of our … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 89: Big deals, great gear, & all the Chromebooks we expect in 2021

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 88: As Chromebook deals abound, Apple’s M1 silicon delivers

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 87: ARM, MediaTek, Apple M1, and Chromebooks

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 86: New MediaTek Chromebook chips and the open web wins for video calls

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 85: The strange arrival of Chrome OS 86 and the return of Chromebook inventory

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 84: Acer’s new Snapdragon Chromebook and better Android app support

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 83: ARM is coming for your laptop

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 82: There’s new Google hardware in the office and we have thoughts

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 81: Unboxing Google’s ‘Launch Night In’ hardware event

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 80: Google’s hardware has all leaked out