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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.
I’m going to just get this out there right off the bat: I was harsh on the HP x360 a couple years ago. Not the x360 14 that I’m quite fond of, but the smaller 11.6-inch version that was made for school students. The same model, as it would turn out, that my daughter uses […]
A few weeks ago, we were recording an episode of The Chrome Cast and taking stabs at what surprises Google may have up their sleeves at the now confirmed October hardware event. My guess was a refreshed Google Home Mini that now appears to be on its way in the form of a subtle but […]
Well, its that time of year again, isn’t it? With Google’s yearly hardware event now officially slated for October 15th, it seems like we should be hearing more about the presumed release of a Pixelbook successor we expect to see at the event. As we get closer and closer to the event and more and […]
Only a week ago, we wrote about a leak from Evan Blass (@evleaks) that showcased a photo of the Pixel 4 with a pretty glaring date on the lock screen. In moves just like this in the past, Google and other hardware manufacturers have used not-so-subtle Easter eggs in the display dates on hardware images […]
We’ve been tracking the Chromebook known only as ‘Kohaku’ for many months at this point. Based on a number of reasons like Samsung email addresses all over the commits, the device containing a Samsung-made battery, multiple references back to ‘Caroline’ (the Samsung Chromebook Pro), and references to a removable stylus, we’re quite sure ‘Kohaku’ is […]
It wasn’t long ago that Google decided to announce to the world that it was getting out of the tablet hardware game all together. Doing this within 7 months of releasing a tablet (the Pixel Slate) feels like an odd move, but as I’ve explained in that linked video above, I’m not terribly upset about […]
I’m only partially kidding with that title. It seems that everyone on the internet has witnessed a Pixel 4 leak at this point. The only real question left at this point is: which Pixel 4 leak haven’t you seen? The phone has been leaked by Google and countless other sources to the extent that I […]
It’s not even been a month since the original leaks and rumors about Google’s new Nest Home Mini began surfacing. In late August, we reported on a new, upcoming addition to Google’s smart speaker lineup upon hearing about it from a trusted source over at 9to5 Google. Though we had little reason to doubt this […]
This one comes with free grain of salt or two, but we may now know the date of Google’s upcoming hardware event where we’ll see the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, but also some other hardware we here at Chrome Unboxed are way more excited about. Don’t get me wrong, I think the Pixel […]
Last week we were introduced to Ambient Mode on a few Android tablets from Lenovo. The feature quickly went from being a bit of a head-scratcher to a potential game-changing move in just a few minutes as we verbally processed the news in real time during our weekly podcast. My initial reaction to Ambient Mode […]
In what looks to be another odd move, ASUS is clearly nearing a release of it’s next flagship-level Chromebook in the ASUS Chromebook Flip C433. That model number is both illuminating and confounding at the same time. Before these latest images were recently uncovered by About Chromebooks, we weren’t sure exactly what the C433 was […]
The connected home has been quickly evolving over the past couple of years. Google is clearly committed to the effort and continue to offer more Assistant features and smart home products like the Nest Hub Max that is set to release September 9th. One of the early products in this evolution was the Chromecast Audio. […]
