It’s been an interesting debut for the new Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514. We saw it leak at Best Buy a couple weeks back (that listing was promptly pulled down), only to be officially announced at IFA Berlin 2025 this week as we were lucky enough to get to unbox it on video. Now that […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
While the stunning new Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 may have stolen the ChromeOS headlines at IFA Berlin 2025, it wasn’t the only new ChromeOS hardware Acer had to show off. The company also quietly unveiled two versatile and powerful new Chromebox models, offering fantastic new options for a wide range of desktop, business, and […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
A few months ago, Google announced a suite of new creative, AI-powered tools that were on their way to Google Photos. And now, those features are getting a proper home, as Google has announced that the new Create tab is now officially rolling out in the U.S. And as part of this launch, one of...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
This week’s GeForce NOW Thursday showed up today packed with big news. While we have a great list of new games arriving this week and throughout the month, that’s completely overshadowed by the main event: NVIDIA has just announced that it is beginning the roll-out of its NVIDIA Blackwell RTX upgrade next week on Wednesday, […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
For a while now, it’s felt like Google’s Nest and smart home ecosystem has been a bit neglected. But after a Google executive promised this summer that the company was “committed to getting this right” and would have “more to share in the fall,” it looks like that moment is finally here. In a new […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
The latest quarterly Pixel Feature Drop is here, and the September update is a big one, especially for owners of slightly older Pixel phones and the Pixel Buds Pro 2. This drop delivers on some of the key promises from last month's Made by Google event, bringing a splashy visual refresh to more devices and...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
For quite some time now, the massive Department of Justice antitrust case against Google has loomed over the tech world, with the potential for seismic, landscape-altering changes. One of the most extreme remedies proposed by the DOJ was the forced sale (or divestiture) of Google’s most critical products – including the Chrome browser. Yesterday, Google […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
We have the brand-new Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 in the Chrome Unboxed studio, and that means its time for an unboxing and hands-on video. As the second Chromebook to feature the incredible MediaTek Kompanio Ultra chip, the hype for this device has been high, and my first impressions are quite good. This is a […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Google Drive’s built-in document scanner for mobile devices is one of those quietly brilliant features that can be an absolute lifesaver. It’s a powerful tool for digitizing receipts, notes, and documents on the go. Now, Google is making that great feature even better with a significant update to the editing interface, giving it a much-needed […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
In a move that caught us a bit by surprise, Acer—a company we know for its laptops, monitors, and Chromebooks—has just announced a new streaming device: the Acer 4K UHD Google TV Box. This new entry into the Google TV space, also called the “AiTV,” is a budget-friendly streamer that stands out from the crowd […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
After the unboxing and the initial excitement of a new flagship Pixel 10 review period, I’ve now spent about a week with the Pixel 10 Pro XL as my primary device. And in that time, I’ve come to a strange and unexpected conclusion: I don’t think these phones from Google are made for people like […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Since its introduction, Google Vids has been a promising new addition to the Workspace suite, offering a simple and collaborative way to create videos. Today, Google is making a major move to get Vids into the hands of a much wider audience by releasing a new, no-cost option for all consumers. And at the same […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
With every new Pixel launch, there’s a huge amount of excitement around what the latest generation of the Tensor chip will bring to the table. This year, with the move to TSMC for fabrication, hopes were high for the new Tensor G5 in the Pixel 10 series. And while it delivers on many of its […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Just last week, I was thrilled to announce that the Chromebook I dubbed as the best ever made – the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 – was finally back in stock over on Lenovo’s website. Just a few days later, we had to follow up and report that it was already gone again. Sheesh. However, this […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
One of the less-discussed but more impactful new features of the Pixel 10 series is something Google calls “Battery Health Assistance.” First introduced on the Pixel 9a, this software feature is designed to prolong the life of your phone’s battery by actively managing its charging speed and capacity over time. The only problem? On the […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Earlier this week, we reported that Google had hit the emergency brake on the ChromeOS 139 update, pulling the new version for all devices after its initial roll-out had already begun. As we speculated at the time, this drastic move was almost certainly due to the discovery of a critical bug that needed to be […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
The day is finally here! The new Google Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL have landed at the office, and we’ve spent some time getting them out of the box for our latest video. While our full reviews are still on the way, we wanted to share our first impressions and, […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Well, that didn’t last long. Just a few days ago, I was thrilled to announce that my favorite Chromebook ever made, the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14, was finally back in stock and available for purchase directly from Lenovo’s website. It was great news for everyone who has been patiently waiting to get their hands on […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
It looks like Google’s entire smart home hardware lineup is about to get a big refresh. A new report from Android Headlines has detailed what appears to be the next generation of Nest Cams, a new Nest Doorbell, and the mysterious new smart speaker Google teased at Made by Google earlier this month. If this […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Just a quick heads-up for the entire Chrome Unboxed community: our latest giveaway is coming to a close this weekend. If you haven’t yet entered for your chance to win the excellent Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14, your time is officially running out. This is your final reminder before we close the entries at the end […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
For years, one of the key areas where Google Sheets has lagged behind Microsoft Excel has been its native table functionality. While you can, of course, make your data look like a table, the underlying structure and formula intelligence just wasn’t the same. Today, that’s changing in a big way. In a new update, Google […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Earlier this week, Google rolled out a massive upgrade to the image generation and editing model in the Gemini app. The new model brings incredible advancements in character consistency, conversational editing, and the ability to blend photos together. Now that this powerful new tool is in our hands, Google has shared some fantastic tips and […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Just a few days ago, we posted all about the new features rolling out with the ChromeOS 139 update. While not a massive feature drop, it was set to bring a couple of very useful tools like Desk Sync and the much-needed external touchscreen calibration tool. But if you’ve been smashing that “Check for updates” […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
The Gemini integration in Google Drive has been getting steadily more powerful, with the ability to summarize documents, chat with PDFs, and even understand the content of your videos. But until now, there’s been a big piece of the puzzle missing: your images. Today, that changes. In a new post on the Workspace Updates blog, […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
The native image editing tools in the Gemini app have been getting steadily more powerful, but today, they are taking a massive leap forward. Google is unveiling a new image editing model from Google DeepMind that is now integrated directly into the Gemini app, and it brings a host of powerful new creative capabilities. But […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
There are a handful of Chromebooks that I will recommend without hesitation whenever a good deal comes along, and the Acer Chromebook Plus 516 GE is right at the very top of that list. It’s one of my favorite Chromebooks of all time, and an absolute bease that gets nearly everything right. So when a […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
If you missed out on the Prime Day deals for the Google Pixel Tablet, you’ve now got another fantastic opportunity to score one at a massive discount. Over the weekend, the 128GB model dropped to its Prime Day price of $249, but the better deal has now emerged on the 256GB model. Right now, you […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
For the past three generations, the Pixel Watch has had one major flaw. If you broke the screen or the battery started to fade, you were simply out of luck. Without a warranty, your only option was a full, costly replacement. It was a glaring hole in Google’s sustainability message and a major frustration for […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
In the ongoing, high-stakes AI arms race between the world’s biggest tech companies, there are rumors of a stunning and almost unbelievable new development. According to a new report from Bloomberg News (via Mashable) Apple is in active talks with Google to license its powerful Gemini AI models to be the new brain behind a […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
It’s not often I get to say this, but after spending over a month with it as my primary, do-everything device, I can continue to say the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 is the best Chromebook ever made. It’s a device that gets nearly everything right, and because of that, it’s been incredibly difficult to find […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Google Drive has been on a roll lately with a string of fantastic updates to its video player, including thumbnail previews, automatic captioning, and time-stamped transcripts. Now, Google is rolling out the logical—and most powerful—next step: you can now edit your Google Drive videos directly in your browser using Google Vids. This is a huge […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
We’ve been tracking the development of ‘Skywalker’, the baseboard for MediaTek’s upcoming MT8189 chip, and its absolutely-massive family of eight offshoot devices for a little while now. The sheer volume of upcoming devices from one baseboard is impressive, and it makes me incredibly excited for the future of ARM-powered Chromebooks in general. But the story […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Last week, I wrote a bit of an editorial piece that made the case that for the first time in years, a new, Google-made Pixelbook actually makes perfect sense thanks to the impending shift of ChromeOS to the Android kernel. It was a speculative, forward-looking article based on connecting a few dots that I thought […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
At their Made by Google 2025 showcase in New York yesterday, Google unveiled their latest hardware lineup with a big dose of personality. Hosted by Jimmy Fallon, the event generally felt less like a stiff, rehearsed keynote and more like a talk show – although there were still a few cringey moments. But this was […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Yesterday’s Made by Google event was a whirlwind of celebrity appearances, a new talk-show format, and a massive slate of hardware announcements. Between the new Pixel 10s, the Pixel Watch 4, and the debut of Pixelsnap, it would be easy to miss some of the smaller details. But if you were paying close attention during […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Amidst all the celebrity appearances and new hardware at yesterday’s Made by Google event, one of the most exciting announcements for me was the official debut of Pixelsnap on the new Pixel 10 series. I’ve been waiting for native, magnetic, Qi2 charging on a Pixel basically since Apple debuted this feature on iPhones a few […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
For nearly a decade, the Google Assistant has been the voice of our smart homes. But yesterday as a part of the Made by Google 2025 event, Google announced the beginning of a new era. The Google Assistant as we know it is being replaced by an all-new, far more powerful voice assistant for the […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
The latest version of ChromeOS is now beginning its roll-out to the stable channel, and M139 is here with a couple of very useful, practical features that aim to improve user workflows and fix a long-standing pain point for those who use external touch displays. Let’s take a look at what’s new. Pick up where […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
As part of the massive slate of announcements from today’s Made by Google 2025 event, the company has unveiled a truly game-changing new feature for Google Photos that leverages the power of Gemini to make photo editing unbelievably easy. Get ready for conversational editing. Coming first to the new Pixel 10 series in the U.S., […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
After months of leaks, speculation, and some wild last-minute marketing, the Made by Google 2025 event is set to kick off in just a couple of hours. The main event begins today, Wednesday, August 20th, at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET, and it’s shaping up to be one of the most unique hardware […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
The Made by Google 2025 event is finally here, and in just a few short hours, we’ll see the official unveiling of the Pixel 10, Pixel Watch 4, and more. The hype is a tad different this time around, especially with the new, star-studded event format hosted by Jimmy Fallon. In one of the final […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
The practice of a company using its own products internally is really the ultimate test of faith in what you’re building. In a fascinating new blog post, Google has pulled back the curtain to show just how deeply it’s integrating its own AI tools like Gemini, Imagen, and NotebookLM into its daily operations, and some […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Lately, I’ve spent a lot of time editing social media videos for our other business, Proof Golf, with Adobe Premiere Rush, and I’ve been doing it almost exclusively on the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. The experience has been fantastic, but it’s also stirred up a familiar, long-dormant desire: I really wish the Adobe Rush app […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
For those who prefer to listen to content, or for anyone who wants a new way to proofread their own writing, Google is rolling out a fantastic new feature. You can now create and listen to audio versions of your documents using Gemini directly in Google Docs. This new feature uses clear, natural-sounding AI voices […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
The response to our post yesterday about the leaked Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 was immediate and enthusiastic. It seems I’m not the only one incredibly excited to see another device finally making use of the fantastic MediaTek Kompanio Ultra chip. The leak – via a full Best Buy product listing – gave us a […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
We are just a day away from the Made by Google 2025 hardware event, and in a last-minute teaser, Google has revealed that this year’s show is going to be a bit of a different affair this time around. To mark the 10-year anniversary of Pixel, the company is moving away from the standard tech […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Samsung’s Fan Edition (FE) lineup has always tried to blend premium features with an accessible price, and the new Galaxy Buds 3 FE fit that mold perfectly. The most obvious change you’ll notice is a complete design overhaul, as Samsung has ditched the classic “bean” look of the previous generation for a stemmed design that […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Just yesterday, I was scratching my head about the curious case of the MediaTek Kompanio Ultra. We have this fantastic, powerful, and incredibly efficient ARM chip that is a perfect fit for Chromebooks, yet only one device—the excellent Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14—was using it. We were left wondering, where are all the other devices? Well, […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
After spending a good amount of time with the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14, I’m more convinced than ever: the MediaTek Kompanio Ultra is one of the best processors to ever grace a Chromebook. It’s wildly powerful, incredibly efficient, and has the AI smarts to carry ChromeOS into the future. It’s the chip that finally delivers […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
The desire for a new, Google-made Pixelbook never really goes away, does it? The original Pixelbook and the Pixelbook Go that followed were iconic, beloved devices that still represent a high watermark for Chromebook hardware (yes, I’m leaving the Pixel Slate out of this part of conversation). Yet, for years, I’ve argued that a new […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
If you’re a flexible traveler, you know the dance. You have a general idea of when you want to go and what you want to do, but your main goal is finding a great deal. This usually means spending hours on Google Flights, endlessly tweaking dates, changing destinations, and playing with filters to uncover that […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
The steady drumbeat of useful AI features rolling out to Google Workspace continues, and the latest additions are bringing some seriously powerful creative tools directly into Google Slides and Google Vids. Building on the existing generative image capabilities, Google is now introducing two new AI image editing features: Replace background and Expand image background. These […]| Chrome Unboxed – The Latest Chrome OS News
Sometimes, the best new features aren't the big, flashy ones. Sometimes, it's the small, simple, quality-of-life update you've been quietly waiting on for years. Today, Google Keep for Android is rolling out one of those features, and for me, it's an absolute game-changer: you can now finally sort your notes in the Google Keep app...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
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In what is some pretty significant news today, Google has announced that the process is beginning to bring Android and ChromeOS fare more in-line than ever before by embracing parts of the larger Android stack - the Android Linux kernel and Android Frameworks - as a part of the foundational underpinnings of ChromeOS. If that...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
We've been here before, but things are a bit different this time around. Instead of "one OS to rule them all," rumors are swirling that Google is planning a major shakeup that would see ChromeOS uniformly replaced by (or merged into) Android down the road. A recent report from Android Authority suggests that this transition...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
It's been a wild 24 hours, ladies and gentlemen; and I don't think this particular train is going to slow down anytime soon. Yesterday, we talked about the very real probability of Google transitioning Chromebooks to Android (not merging ChromeOS and Android into a new OS, but Android simply taking over the reins), and along...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
Google is working on yet another feature that might allow you to use your Android phone as a desktop workstation with its latest development: "Desktop View." This new feature, currently being tested in Android 16 Beta 3, could elevate the Android desktop experience, potentially bringing it closer to the functionality users expect from ChromeOS. While...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
Even though it’s been on the market for a little while now and is beginning to show its age in the constantly-evolving Chromebook ecosystem, the Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 still holds its own and packs in features that still make me love picking it up and using it. Front and center, the big, beautiful OLED...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
There's been a lot of talk, rumor, excitement and trepidation going around about Android replacing Chrome OS on Chromebooks. On one side, you have Google telling us just a bit about the changes under the hood in an announcement that was purposefully meant to sound benign. On the other, you have wild rumors and insider...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
For years, a truly capable, unified desktop mode for Android has felt like a bit of a dream that's been just out of reach. While some manufacturers have made valiant efforts – Samsung’s DeX platform being the long-standing example – a cohesive, Android-native solution has been elusive. However, it looks like that’s about to change....| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
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Basically on time, ChromeOS 132 is now rolling out to users. So far, it doesn't appear that this one is ready across the board by any stretch of the imagination, and I'm seeing quite a few older, small-core Intel devices (think N3500, N4000, etc.) still not getting this latest version just yet. ChromeOS 132 was...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
It wasn't that long ago that we surfaced a new MediaTek chipset on the way for Chromebooks, internally dubbed as the MT8186. Little is still known about this SoC, but judging by the model number, I'd still wager it will end up as the followup to the current Kompanio 500 - internally called the MT8183....| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
In my list of articles to eventually write, I've left a note about one day crafting a wishful, hopeful post about what my dream Tensor-powered Pixelbook would look like. Time and time again I'd consider writing it, but I'd always stumble on one, key point of the Pixelbook and Google-made Chromebook story that made me...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
I'm a tad bit shocked and confused right now. Our review unit of the sometimes-confusing ASUS ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook Plus arrived today and like I always do with a new Chromebook that comes to our door, I peeked inside to make sure things are all there and in place. After all, nothing spoils an unboxing...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
Ahead of Computex 2024 last week, MediaTek made a pretty significant Chromebook announcement with the unveiling of the new Kompanio 838 SoC. We've already discussed it at length, but the short version is this: MediaTek's latest chip for Chromebooks packs in on-device AI, solid performance, and great battery life for thin, light devices coming soon....| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
I am so glad that we are finally able to talk about the new Chromebook Plus features the ChromeOS team introduced at the very-cool event they held recently in New York City. We've known about many of these features and the new hardware that will showcase it for a little while at this point, so...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
With Google's new update cycle for Chromebook releases beginning to take shape here in 2024, it feels like we're likely going to see new hardware a couple times a year at this point. Where older cycles had new Chromebooks launching at any point throughout the year, we've settled into a new rhythm where we'll likely...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
I'm going to level with you on something. Three days ago when I uncovered 'Xol' - a new Chromebook in the works that will come with some sort of Assistant key on the keyboard - I also noticed a couple emails associated with some of the changes happening for this device in the Chromium Gerrit....| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
It's been a couple weeks since we first discovered 'Xol' - a new Chromebook on the way from Samsung that curiously has an Assistant key built into the keyboard. You can read the first post about all that and get up to speed on how we know this is a Samsung Chromebook and what you...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
As a device that is already set to get one unique key we've never seen on a non-Google-made Chromebook, it would appear that 'Xol' is now getting yet another interesting addition on its keyboard: a dictation button. While we know that the Assistant key sets 'Xol' apart in a very unique way, I'm just as...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
The upcoming 'Xol' Chromebook (it's code name in the Chromium Repositories) is continuing development for what we hope is a release later in the year. For those not in the know, we've already uncovered quite a bit around this new device, including the fact that it is being built by Samsung, will be a Chromebook...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
I know, I know: it's basically impossible not to draw a few conclusions from that headline. I'm fighting the same instincts as I write these words, but I can't deny what I've stumbled upon this morning, and I can't 100% tell you that what we're all thinking isn't true. But I also don't have proof...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
While we may be smack-dab in the middle of summer, fall feels a tad bit closer than usual at this point in the year. Perhaps that is due to Google's Pixel Hardware Event happening far sooner than normal (August 13th), back to school looming, or my always-eager desire to see cooler temperatures on the forecast....| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
I wrote a buying guide of sorts on wading through the rough waters of good and bad deals on new and old devices, and if you don't find what you are looking for on any given day, I'd recommend giving that a read so you can go and make your own decisions across multiple retailers....| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
Of all the Chromebooks on the market, there is one line that I've felt has been right on the verge of greatness for years and has been held back by silly hardware choices along the way. That line is the x360 14c family of devices from HP, and it's almost painful to see them get...| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
It's been a bit since we last found a juicy nugget to share about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus. To clarify, that is the name we've decided to give 'Xol', a Chromebook in development that is clearly made by Samsung, will be Chromebook Plus, and would only make sense to be branded as such....| Chrome Unboxed - The Latest Chrome OS News
