The Chrome Cast Podcast

This week on The Chrome Cast, we begin the episode by getting the elephant out of the room right off the bat: Robby bought a Tesla. The stars aligned and with a great trade-in, reduced price, and the new federal tax credit, the timing was right. The excitement is obvious, but it gives way to some … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 212: is the consumer world ready for HP’s premium Dragonfly Pro Chromebook?

This week, we felt it was only fitting to not only discuss Stadia's final death, but also the cloud gaming revolution it looks to have started. While many of the main players in the cloud gaming space have been around for quite some time, Google's efforts with Stadia brought the idea of streaming … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 211: Stadia’s death gives way to new life in cloud gaming

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 for this … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 209: All about our time at CES 2023

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 and most-viewed … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 208: Chrome Unboxed 2022 year in review

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 207: 2022 Gear of the Year and a new need for Google’s Pixelbook

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 206: More Pixel Fold renders, ChromeOS 108, and Fortnite on Chromebooks

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 205: Picking our favorite Chromebooks of 2022

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 204: How VIZOR helps school districts manage thousands of Chromebooks

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 203: MediaTek Kompanio 528 Chromebooks, Framework, and Lenovo’s Gaming Chromebook

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 202: Chatting new Kompanio SoCs for entry-level Chromebooks with MediaTek’s Victor Tyan

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 201: Framework Laptop Chromebook arrives, Pixel Fold leaks emerge

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 … [Read more...] about The Chrome Cast 200: Surface Laptop SE makes a great Chromebook as LumaFusion finally arrives