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One of the primary focuses here at Chrome Unboxed is future hardware. After all, our early days were all about new devices! What is coming feels just as important as what is here now, so we will continue looking for the latest and greatest developments in the Chrome OS ecosystem.
Yesterday finalized Qualcomm’s yearly Snapdragon Tech Summit in Maui and towards the end of the 3rd keynote (there have been daily keynotes for the past 3 days), they finally took a break from talking about the upcoming Snapdragon 865 (which looks to once again be an absolute monster), 5G and VR/AR/XR to talk about their […]
It feels like we’ve been talking about upcoming hardware for months at this point, and in many ways, that’s exactly what we’ve been doing. Part of what we do here at Chrome Unboxed is search the Chromium Repositories for signs of new devices, baseboards, and other clues that would point to new hardware coming down […]
A few days ago over in the Chrome OS Reddit thread, a somewhat-questionable post showed up by a Lenovo employee offering test units of an upcoming Chrome OS tablet with the option for the testers to keep the tablet after the trial period. There was a bit back-and-forth about whether the offer was legit, but […]
We’ve been saying the same thing for months at this point: Google may have stopped making in-house tablets, but plenty of Chrome OS tablets are on the way and in large number. It could be pretty easy to look at the current Chromebook landscape with Google’s grand tablet exit and conclude that Chrome OS is […]
It feels like we’ve been talking about better Bluetooth, improved Bluetooth, or fixing Bluetooth on Chromebooks for far too long. We have our suspicions that Bluetooth is going to get a major fix in the form of Bluetooth 5.0 in future Chromebooks as we’ve previously reported. That fix looks to include another Bluetooth protocol update […]
I’m not saying that we’ve given up on the hopes of seeing a Qualcomm-powered Chromebook arrive by CES but at this point, I’m not holding my breath. The inexplicable delay of Snapdragon devices could very well help secure MediaTek’s market share of the Chrome OS space as development moves forward on a number of octa-core […]
We haven’t talked about the ‘Hatch’ family of Chromebooks that much in the past few weeks. After months of adding features, spinning off more devices in development, and generally being recognized as the torch bearer for the new generation of Chromebooks, we’re reaching the point where ‘Hatch’-based devices are nearing a release point. While we […]
Over the past few years, we’ve spilled a fair amount of digital ink talking about what a Chrome OS phone could or should look like. (If someone were to take the initiative to make one.) For the most part, I’ve imagined a device that looks and functions just like any other smartphone, only running Chrome […]
You don’t really hear much about Chromebases these days. Honestly, most consumers are probably unaware that the Chrome operating system even offers and AIO (All in one) form-factor. For enterprises, an all-in-one Chromebase can be a cost-effective alternative to pricier Windows models. Acer’s latest device, for example, puts focus on the office space as a […]
Thunderbolt 3 is a staple addition to many devices outside the Chrome OS world. Macbooks and Windows devices come with it in many of the higher-end models and peripheral manufacturers have created a small ecosystem of fantastic devices that fully leverage the USB-C standard in a wide variety of ways. Up to this point, there’s […]
It would be an understatement to say that ASUS’ Chromebook strategy has been a bit odd of late. When they debuted their very-excellent Flip C434 back in January at CES 2019, it seemed they had a clear vision as to what constituted a great Chromebook. The Flip C434 was and is a great example of […]
The tale of the ASUS Chromebook Flip C433 has been a strange one, for sure. As a matter of fact, we currently still don’t fully understand where this Chromebook slots itself in ASUS’ current Chromebook lineup. With a spec sheet and landing page nearly identical to the ASUS Flip C434, there’s been no clear explanation […]
