Chromebooks & Budget

4+ hour, 13+ min ago   (337+ words) Oct 6, 2026 — 10:24 PM ET Googlebook laptops are finally official and available to purchase, but it looks like early users have discovered a rather disappointing omission from this initial release. The whole promise of a Googlebook rests on the fact that these…...

3+ hour, 23+ min ago   (129+ words) From CNET: If you were planning on buying one of Google’s three new Intel-based Googlebooks, it might be worth waiting a bit. The search giant told Android Authority on Monday, launch day, that certain Android apps may not run smoothly…...

12+ hour, 2+ min ago   (395+ words) Three of the five new laptops run on Intel's Panther Lake chips: the Acer, Asus, and Lenovo models. The Dell and HP Googlebooks instead use Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite processors, according to APH Networks. The reported split follows the chip…...

8+ hour, 55+ min ago   (575+ words) Googlebook Better Together features don’t work with Samsung phones at launch, and Google says support is still weeks away for Android 17 Galaxy devices. Google’s new laptops officially hit retail on October 4, and the pitch was refreshingly simple: they were engineered…...

13+ hour, 5+ min ago   (543+ words) Google’s new laptop OS shows lots of promise for Android phone owners, but there’s a long road ahead. Googlebooks are here. The first models went on sale Sunday, October 4th, and we received review units of all five Googlebooks about 24 hours…...

13+ hour, 42+ min ago   (451+ words) For the past 24 hours, I’ve been putting our initial launch fleet of Googlebooks through the ringer. There’s so much to learn and discover with a completely new OS, so I’m constantly falling off task to test, tinker, and investigate every…...

13+ hour, 8+ min ago   (501+ words) As Googlebooks land on doorsteps and store shelves, one of the biggest day-one promises of Googlebook OS is its seamless continuity with Android phones. From notification syncing to app streaming, shared clipboards, and cross-device file access, the suite of Better…...

15+ hour, 53+ min ago   (178+ words) Googlebook is pitched as the laptop for Android users but, at launch, the vast majority of Android users can’t use the platform’s best features. In terms of deep integration, is a good pitch, but it won’t work for a lot…...

21+ hour, 17+ min ago   (330+ words) Google’s new Googlebook laptops come with plenty of cross-device features, but there’s an important catch: you’ll need a phone running Android 17 to use some of the biggest ones. Google has confirmed that features including task continuity, shared file and storage…...

18+ hour, 56+ min ago   (1785+ words) For forty years we told ourselves a comforting story. There were real computers, and then there were phones. In 2026, that story died twice. In March, Apple shipped the MacBook Neo, a $599 Mac whose processor is not a "laptop chip" at…...