Chrome device sales ~doubled year-over-year in 2020, while PCs grew 11 %.
And according to audio from a leaked meeting, even Microsoft knows Chrome devices are “faster and cheaper, they are easier to deploy and manage.”

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/30/22256873/chromebook-best-year-ever-double-yearly-sales

#ChromeDevice #ChromeOS #Chromebook

Chromebooks just had their best year ever

Q4 had a year over year increase of 287 percent

All #ChromeDevices launching in 2020 and beyond will receive automatic updates directly from #Google for at least 8 years since the device platform release.

I wish that was the norm with phones, TVs and other electronics as well.
Longer warranty, support and SW updates especially should be the subject of next big round of legislative push around the world.

https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/news/google-announces-8-years-of-chrome-os-software-updates-aue-for-new-chromebooks/

#Chromebook #ChromeOS #ChromeDevice #sustainability

Google announces 8 years of Chrome OS software updates for all new Chromebooks (Updated)

Google has largely addressed the oft-mentioned “built-in obsolescence” and return on investment arguments against Chromebooks by announcing 8 years of automatic Chrome OS updates for al…

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When even after several years large portion of the general public still doesn't understand the benefits of #Chromebooks, #Google recruits #BillNye for their new ad campaign to talk about irrationalities involved...

https://youtu.be/DS0H0XDDotI

#ChromeDevice #ChromeDevices #ChromeOS #statusQuoBias #sunkenCostFallacy

Bill Nye on the Science of Switching to Chromebook

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Pixel Slate: #Google #ChromeOS #tablet

#ChromeDevice with backlit detachable keyboard! The only drawback will probably be the inability to use the keyboard comfortably on a lap.

https://blog.google/products/pixel-slate/pixel-slate/

Google Pixel Slate: perfect for work and play

Introducing Google Pixel Slate, designed to entertain and help you do more in a fresh, mobile form

Despite the naming, two new Chrome device form-factors were announced in last 2 weeks for the first time in 3 years in addition to Chromebook, Chromebox, Chromebase and Chromebit. First, Acer announced Chromebook Tab 10* and today, hp released detachable Chromebook x2: https://press.ext.hp.com/us/en/press-releases/2018/chromebook-x2.html

* https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/series-design/acerchromebooktab10

#ChromeDevice #ChromeOS

HP Introduces the World’s First Chromebook Detachable

"Heading to my first security conference last year, I expected to see a tricked-out laptop running on a virtual machine with a private network and security USB keys sticking out... Everywhere I went I'd see small groups of people carrying Chromebooks..."

https://www.cnet.com/news/how-google-chromebooks-became-the-go-to-laptop-for-security-experts/

#ChromeOS #ChromeDevice #security

Google Chromebooks are a hit with security experts, and it's not by accident

Chrome OS has provided one of the most robust cases of “usable security” available. Here’s the design philosophy from Google that led to that.