Googlebooks Are Starting to Look Like Laptops We Actually Want to Use
Since first uttering the term “Googlebook,” Google hasn’t made a great case for its laptops beyond adding AI to the mouse cursor. On Tuesday, 9to5Google presented images of a supposed Asus “Chromebook CX9406.” The images first appeared in a since-deleted listing on iF Design’s website. While the product is described as a Chromebook, it’s supposedly using Aluminum OS, the codename for the operating system powering Google’s next slate of laptops.
- ▪Since first uttering the term “Googlebook,” Google hasn’t made a great case for its laptops beyond adding AI to the mouse cursor.
- ▪On Tuesday, 9to5Google presented images of a supposed Asus “Chromebook CX9406.” The images first appeared in a since-deleted listing on iF Design’s website.
- ▪While the product is described as a Chromebook, it’s supposedly using Aluminum OS, the codename for the operating system powering Google’s next slate of laptops.
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Since first uttering the term “Googlebook,” Google hasn’t made a great case for its laptops beyond adding AI to the mouse cursor. But the first leaks of what appears to be a new round of Android-based laptops are actually starting to get us—if not overtly excited—at least skeptically interested in whether Googlebooks can become the capable notebooks Chromebooks never…
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