This week on The Chrome Cast, we discussed all the things we saw and tried at CES 2023 in Las Vegas last week. It goes without saying that there were a ton of new ChromeOS devices from Chromeboxes to Chromebooks and it was our busiest CES yet. We’ve published videos for all of it and […]
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Hosted by Joe Humphrey, Gabriel Brangers, 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 208: Chrome Unboxed 2022 year in review
This week on The Chrome Cast, in light of the fact that this week is the strange, low-key week at the end of the year between Christmas and New Year’s Day, we thought it appropriate to take a look back over the last 12 months and talk through our best performing posts on the website […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 207: 2022 Gear of the Year and a new need for Google’s Pixelbook
This week on The Chrome Cast, we start the discussion by talking through some of the entries on our yearly Gear of the Year Gift Guide. There are items on the list from Chromebooks to phones to earbuds to coffee makers, so if you are scrambling for a last-minute gift idea, there could be something […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 206: More Pixel Fold renders, ChromeOS 108, and Fortnite on Chromebooks
This week on The Chrome Cast, we begin the show with discussion around the latest renders that have leaked for the upcoming Pixel Fold. Though this foldable phone from Google isn’t due until May (according to the rumors), the substantial leaks have truly begun. With these latest renders, we get a video and some specific […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 205: Picking our favorite Chromebooks of 2022
This week on The Chrome Cast, our discussion revolves almost completely around our picks for Best Chromebooks of 2022. We just recently published a video and post rounding all these devices up, so you should definitely hit the show notes and watch that. For the podcast, we list those devices, but each of us choose […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 204: How VIZOR helps school districts manage thousands of Chromebooks
Today on The Chrome Cast podcast, we are back with another interview episode with Dean Bates and Jeff LaLonde from VIZOR, a Chromebook and IT asset management solution designed specifically for school districts. These folks have been a great partner of Chrome Unboxed for a while now – including a sponsorship of the video where […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 203: MediaTek Kompanio 528 Chromebooks, Framework, and Lenovo’s Gaming Chromebook
This week on The Chrome Cast, we spend the first part of the show talking about the crazy deals happening all over the place this week, how you can score some of those (hint: get subscribed to our deals newsletter), and why affordable Chromebooks are getting so interesting. With the Kompanio 520/528 SoCs set to […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 202: Chatting new Kompanio SoCs for entry-level Chromebooks with MediaTek’s Victor Tyan
Today on The Chrome Cast Podcast, we have a special in-person interview episode with Victor Tyan from MediaTek. I was recently out in Sonoma, California for the MediaTek Executive Summit and Victor was kind enough to sit down with me to chat about the announcement of the company’s next-gen Kompanio SoCs for entry-level Chromebooks: the […]
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 ReadingThe Chrome Cast 200: Surface Laptop SE makes a great Chromebook as LumaFusion finally arrives
This week on The Chrome Cast, we talk in-depth about one of our latest videos that sees us take the Microsoft Surface Laptop SE and turn the “Chromebook Killer” into a pretty sweet Chromebook. Using ChromeOS Flex, we now have a Surface Laptop SE in the office that is quite nice to work with and […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 199: ChromeOS 107 and Steam on Chromebooks hits the Beta Channel
This week on The Chrome Cast, we start the show by talking through the handful of fun updates that came along with ChromeOS 107. In a new era where we get updates to our Chromebooks every 4 weeks, it’s always a nice surprise when new user-facing features show up. ChromeOS 107 had quite a few, […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 198: Understanding the Kompanio Roadmap with MediaTek’s Adam King
Today on The Chrome Cast podcast, we have an interview episode with Adam King, who is the General Manager of the Client Computing Business Unit at MediaTek. In our chat, we cover the latest HP Chromebook 13b announcement that includes the Kompanio 1200 processor, trends in the Chromebook space, detachable Chromebooks, and the Roadmap for […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 197: Pixel Watch accessories, ChromeOS Flex BTS, and Acer 516 GE review
This week on The Chrome Cast, we start the show by talking through a bunch of new accessories that have hit the market for the Pixel Watch. Though this is the tip of the iceberg and many more are likely on the way, it is great to see some truly useful additions for Google’s new […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 196: 120Hz gaming on GeForce NOW and loving the Pixel Watch
This week on The Chrome Cast, our discussion mainly revolved around some real world reactions to services and hardware that have shown up in the past couple weeks. Between the new gaming Chromebooks, GeForce NOW providing 120Hz gaming for Chrome, a Pixel Buds Pro firmware update, and actually spending some time using the Pixel Watch […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 195: Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Watch and a new gaming Chromebook
A lot has happened since the last episode of The Chrome Cast, and with us taking last week off due to the Google hardware event, there’s a ton of stuff to discuss. For this week, we stuck to Google’s latest hardware – the Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and the Pixel Watch – for the […]
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