Okay there was Chromebook, then Pixelbook, then Chromebook Plus...
Now, after the Android Show I/O we will see Googlebook. A new 'era' of the Chromebook... so it's a Chromebook and 'not' at the same time.
It will have the underlyings of Android, with really tight integration to your phone, but act like a Chromebook.
They (as always) hyped up the feature of AI baked right in.
There's going to be 'Magic Pointer', where you shake your cursor and it activates like a 'circle to search' pop up to include items you want to use in a prompt (images, or text).
Then there's going to be the inclusion of desktop widgets and icons. And it's using the 'create my widget' feature we'll see in the new Android version.
Is this from the 'desktop mode' we're seeing in the Pixel 10 and up line? MMmmm getting closer to that convergence I want/need!
Speaking of, you can 'cast apps'.
Now, we can have apps on ChromeOS already and we do have a 'phone hub', but I'd be interested in what else it can do.
Oh, it can view my phone's files (and not just the recent pics)
It'll be a bit before it comes out (they're saying this fall) and I'm ready for it.
It's also interesting to note that it won't be Google making it (although I hope they do, my wife has taken over my old Pixelbook and it's still rocking well, and I'm using my Pixelbook Go as my 'take with me laptop'); they list:
- Acer
- Asus
- Dell
- HP
- Lenovo
So some usual heavy hitters in the Chromebook Plus realm (noticed no Samsung... they made some Chromebook Plus models)
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