Chromebooks

Minecraft: Bedrock Edition is now available for Chromebooks, Google announced on Wednesday, following the launch of an early access version in March. The official Chromebook release makes the game even more widely available — and thanks to included crossplay functionality, you can play with your friends on other platforms.You can get the game now on the Play Store for ChromeOS. It costs $19.99 in a bundle that comes with the Android version, but if you already have the Android version, you can upgrade to the Chromebook…

While the performance of its gaming chips often steals most of the attention, AMD's processors have made some serious jumps in power efficiency over the past few years. And as part of the company's goal to bring even better battery life to mobile devices, today AMD is announcing a handful of new 6nm Ryzen and Athlon 7020 C-series APUs for Chromebooks.  The two fastest new chips will be the Ryzen 3 7320C and Ryzen 5 7520C which both feature four cores and total of eight threads with 6MB of cache, a 15-watt TDP and Radeon…

Years after Google brought live wallpapers to Android, Apple launched a similar feature for iOS. A few years ago, Apple brought a similar feature to macOS with Dynamic Wallpapers. Now, Google is trying to implement a similar feature to its desktop operating system: Chrome OS. While Apple’s Dynamic Wallpaper feature is a bit more simple, changing the colors and hues as per the time of the day, Google is testing something more complex. The latest developer build of ChromeOS has revealed (via 9to5Google) two new dynamic…

The International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker reported a 31% year-over-year decrease in Chromebook shipments during Q1 2023. In the market for Chromebooks, HP emerged as the leader with a 27.8% market share by shipping 1.1 million units. Further, HP was the only manufacturer which witnessed year-over-year growth in Q1 2023. Last year, HP shipped 0.8 million units, which turned a 35.5% growth for the company.Following closely was Lenovo, with a market share of 21.3%, having…

Last updated: May 8th, 2023 at 14:16 UTC+02:00 Samsung Galaxy Chromebooks may soon get easy access to the Google Tasks web app. More specifically, ChromeOS itself might get a native Tasks app integrated into the system tray, which means Galaxy Chromebook users should eventually benefit from this update if it indeed becomes available. Evidence of Google developing this feature was found recently in the Chromium Gerrit by About Chromebooks. However, the code behind the Google Tasks web app integration with ChromeOS…

Google’s Chrome OS is useful for many tasks, and its usefulness has grown over the past decade. However, it’s not the best when you want to produce videos. Google is looking to change that, and it made its Movie Maker for Chromebooks available for everyone, according to a new announcement.This has been a while in the making, as the company announced last year that it wanted to boost the video editing capabilities in ChromeOS. It added a bunch of useful video editing features to Google Photos in ChromeOS. These will allow…

After Android, Google plans to bring system-wide privacy toggles for camera and microphone access on ChromeOS. This new feature was spotted by 9To5Google in a new beta version of ChromeOS, which means that it can now be used on all Samsung Chromebooks running a beta version of ChromeOS. A new section appears in ChromeOS’ Settings menu when you navigate to Security and Privacy » Privacy controls. You can find toggles for Camera Access and Microphone Access. Moreover, the operating system even notes if it is a front camera…

Chromebooks have always been a popular option for schools due to the relatively cheap prices, but they exploded in popularity during the Covid pandemic as kids did their schoolwork from home. However, they may not be such a good deal after all, according to a new report called Chromebook Churn from the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). They found that many Chromebooks purchased just three years ago are already breaking, creating electronic waste and costing taxpayers money.  Chromebooks in schools typically see…

Back in early 2020, as the covid pandemic drove classrooms online, school districts found themselves needing to bulk purchase affordable laptops that they could send home with their students. Quite a few turned to Chromebooks. Three years later, the US Public Interest Research Group Education Fund concludes in a new report called Chromebook Churn that many of these batches are already beginning to break. That’s potentially costing districts money; PIRG estimates that “doubling the lifespan of Chromebooks could result in…

Acer has unveiled its latest range of Chromebooks, the Acer Chromebook Spin 714 and Acer Chromebook Enterprise Spin 714, targeting consumers, families, and businesses. These Chromebooks are powered by the latest 13th Gen Intel Core processors, boast a 10-hour battery life with fast charging, and come with new features.Acer Chromebook Spin 714 series: Specifications, features, and moreFeaturing a 14-inch touchscreen display with WUXGA (1920x1200) resolution, the Chromebooks offer a 100% sRGB colour range. The display is…