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If you’ve ever attempted to use picture-in-picture (PIP from this point on) on a Chromebook, you likely understand a bit of the frustration that comes with the territory. For instance, you’ve always needed to right-click twice on YouTube videos to get the proper context menu to appear and choose to enable PIP. Even then, however, […]
We’ve said it before and I’ll continue to say it: the Chrome OS Files app is nothing if not simple, functional, and effective. It still has its quirks, but the last year has seen new, useful features added here and there that have made the application not just nice to use and look at, but […]
![Testing a multi-monitor extended display setup on a Chromebook [VIDEO]](https://chromeunboxed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MultipleMonitorSetupChromebook.jpg)
Chromebooks have handled extended displays quite well for some time now. The hangup for many, however, has been in the lack of ability to properly extend your Chromebook to multiple monitors at once. Sure, getting a second screen in addition to my Chromebook’s built-in display is highly productive and still my go-to method for getting […]
When Chrome OS 85 rolled out earlier in the week, one of the key updates that came along for the ride was the new Wi-Fi sync. It’s a feature that I honestly think should have come around far, far sooner, but I’m absolutely elated that it is now here. The idea and premise of Wi-Fi […]
It’s been quite some time since the initial experimental flags for Chromebooks showed up that allowed for higher refresh rates on external monitors. Prior to this change, Chrome OS was great at extending displays in all sorts of resolutions, but not all sorts of frame rates. In Chrome OS 85, however, those flags necessary to […]
As more and more of us find ourselves working and learning remotely, collaboration and teamwork become a tad more difficult. After all, simple tasks like reviewing a document or design template aren’t as straight forward as they once were when most of us were in shared workspaces. Without the ability to just walk over to […]
Class is in session for thousands of students and many will be learning remotely using tools such as Google Classroom and Google Meet. Since the onset of the pandemic that sent so many of us into our homes, Google Meet, Zoom and other video conferencing platforms have experienced explosive growth and as a result, have […]
![MX Linux: Installing the #1 Linux distro on a Chromebook [VIDEO]](https://chromeunboxed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MxLinuxInstallChromebook-1.jpg)
We’ve been doing a lot of tinkering around Chrome Unboxed as of late. With a recent update to the Linux container on Chrome OS, a number of Chromebooks can now leverage QEMU/KVM to run secondary operating systems via a virtual machine. All of this can be done locally on your Chromebooks internal storage and it’s […]
One of the cooler, less-often talked about features of the Google app is its ability to deliver up immersive AR (augmented reality) experiences right from a search. We’ve talked a bit about them here before as animals began showing up in the app and bugs were also recently added, but a couple posts on a […]
The other night I was doing a bit of couch-based web browsing on the Acer Chromebook Spin 713. Flipped back into presentation mode (lid open around 270 degrees) and on my lap, the 13.5-inch touchscreen does a fantastic job of being a massive canvas for web content and Chrome OS with this much horsepower is […]
I’ll be honest: I haven’t thought of applying an EQ (equalizer) to audio on a Chromebook since I’ve owned one. My audio is largely cast to a Chromecast-ready speaker or sent wirelessly to my Bluetooth headphones and I rely heavily on streaming services like Spotify, Google Play Music and YouTube Music for my tracks. That […]
After a few months of hiccups, delays and reorganization, Chrome OS updates finally appear to be back on track and the last two released have landed right on schedule. On top of that, Google is finally making a concerted effort to make release announcements official prior to the actually drop of the update. That’s great […]
