The ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) 2019 conference kicks off in just a couple of days but before thousands of educators converge on Philadelphia, a new player in the Chrome OS arena has emerged. These guys are seasoned veterans when it comes to technology in education but this new Chromebox will be their […]
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Small Change Makes Big Difference In Chromebook Settings For Chrome OS 76
As we do around Chrome Unboxed, we have tons of devices hanging out in just about every channel at any given moment. A handful on Stable, a couple in Beta, quite a few in the Dev Channel, and usually Gabriel’s device in Canary help us stay abreast of the new changes and fun surprises coming […]
Continue ReadingNew Feature Coming For Chromebook Extended Displays
One of my favorite parts of using a Chromebook is the ease of setting up secondary displays. I’ve yet to encounter a display that didn’t just work when attached to my Chromebook. Even with differences in scaling and DPI, moving windows between screens is fluid, easy, and the setup is painless. For me, using the […]
Continue ReadingChrome Unboxed YouTube Channel Membership is Live!
You may be reading that headline and thinking to yourself: “What is a channel membership?” Or, you might be asking, “Chrome Unboxed has a YouTube Channel?” (We’ve had plenty readers not know about our YouTube Channel and plenty of YouTube viewers not know about our website. Crazy, but true!)
Continue ReadingPicture In Picture Lands In Chrome OS 72 Via Google Extension
Picture in Picture (PiP) for the Chrome browser has been a work in progress for nearly a year and a half. Since Chrome 70, Mac, Windows and Linux have been able to take advantage of this handy little feature by right clicking (twice in some cases) on videos from sites such as YouTube and Vimeo […]
Continue ReadingCES 2019: Acer Debuts First AMD Chromebook
As we reported multiple times last year, AMD has entered the Chromebook arena and Acer is now first out of the gate to bring us an AMD-powered Chromebook. The Acer Chromebook 315 debuts as a parallel announcement from AMD with HP also jumping on board with their own AMD device.
Continue ReadingChrome OS 71 Rolling Out With Android Integrations, Native Google Assistant & More
One of the benefits of being a Chromebook user is the schedule of regular updates your device will always receive quietly and in the background. For all the things many people think Chromebooks lack, they can’t argue with the fantastic update experience Chrome OS offers its users.
Continue ReadingTrackpad Pinch To Zoom Now Standard On Chrome OS
Back in November, we stumbled upon the fact that the pinch to zoom function was now working on a handful of devices which confirmed our previous findings that this much-needed feature was headed to Google’s Pixelbook, the Samsung Pro and Plus as well as the Chromebook Pixel 2015.
Continue ReadingChrome Making “Simple Gesture Nav” Default For Overscroll History
Workflow, workflow, workflow. I don’t know about you but Chrome’s trackpad gestures are a major part of my workflow every single day.
Continue ReadingHP Announces Monster Kaby Lake Chromebox!
At long last, the wait is over. We have kept our eyes on the horizon impatiently anticipating the release of a next-generation Chromebox from anyone. Honest, we expected Acer to be the first out of the gate but out of nowhere, HP has unleashed a beast of a Chromebox.
Continue ReadingGoogle’s Santa Tracker Is Back With More Holiday Goodies
It’s that time of year once again. In just under a week, Santa’s sleigh will take flight as he makes his way around the globe to check off all the nice boys and girls from his Christmas list. For over a decade, Google has been tracking the Jolly Old Elf. Each year brings new updates […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Launches New Chromebook YouTube Channel
Google has been rather busy marketing their own hardware as of late and the #madebygoogle brand is becoming more and more visible in the consumer market. Since the launch of the latest Pixel phones, Pixelbook and all their other Googley products, the Google Store has separated itself from most of the third-party stuff that once […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Pixelbook Leaks Ahead of 10/4 Event
Well folks, though we’ve known Google was working on an official Chromebook known as ‘Eve‘ up to this point, we’ve not seen any concrete evidence of its existence.
Continue ReadingChromebooks Getting New Blurred UI Elements – And They’re Gorgeous!
Google is adding some serious design flair with a few new, beautiful UI elements in Chromebooks and Chrome OS.
Continue ReadingAllo For Web Is Here!
Well, it looks like the wait was even shorter than we speculated. I have been impatiently sitting at my desk hitting the refresh button on the Allo for web URL and just a few minutes ago I was greeted with the image above. In case you missed Robby’s article, just a couple of hours ago […]
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