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Lifehacker: Five Built-In Chromebook Apps You Should Definitely Be Using. “As Chromebooks have developed though, they’ve add more to this basic Chrome foundation. They can run Android apps now, for example, and they actually come with several pre-installed apps that are genuinely useful. Open up the Launcher (the Google icon, bottom left), to see what’s available.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/15/lifehacker-five-built-in-chromebook-apps-you-should-definitely-be-using/
Lifehacker: Five Built-In Chromebook Apps You Should Definitely Be Using

Lifehacker: Five Built-In Chromebook Apps You Should Definitely Be Using. “As Chromebooks have developed though, they’ve add more to this basic Chrome foundation. They can run Android a…

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I'm more excited about the prospect of proper #Linux support getting added to Snapdragon X than I am of the new #Googlebooks themselves. This could finally enable OEMs to make a proper ARM-based Linux laptop.

Hopefully #Google keeps the Android implementation fairly open, allowing for the installation of alternative OS options like on #Chromebooks today. Given their recent moves to lock down #Android it's looking unlikely, but one can dream...

https://www.xda-developers.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-chips-are-expanding-beyond-windows-with-googlebook/

It looks like Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips are expanding beyond Windows with the Googlebook

The news may have slipped out a little too early for Qualcomm's liking.

XDA

Google’s Android-powered laptops are called Googlebooks, and they’re coming this year

#Chromebooks

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/googles-android-powered-laptops-are-called-googlebooks-and-theyre-coming-this-year/

Google's Android-powered laptops are called Googlebooks, and they're coming this year

Google has revealed its vision for the AI laptop of tomorrow.

Ars Technica
Les Googlebooks arrivent, pour remplacer les Chromebooks avec Aluminium OS et un côté plus premium http://dlvr.it/TSVvvL #Googlebooks #Chromebooks
Les Googlebooks arrivent, pour remplacer les Chromebooks avec Aluminium OS et un côté plus premium

Google, avec sa conférence The Android Show, a dévoilé une nouvelle gamme d'ordinateurs, les Googlebooks. Il s'agit de PC portables premium, qui sont un peu là pour essayer de faire disparaître la réputation des Chromebooks, qui sont vus — à raison —...

MacGeneration

Googlebook Is Google's New AI-Powered Laptop Platform Built on Android

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/googlebook-laptop-platform/