Kevin Tofel, Author at About Chromebooks

ChromeOS 119 release returns a week after being pulled

By Kevin C. TofelPosted on November 29, 2023November 29, 2023Posted in News5 Comments

The ChromeOS 119 release is now available, a week after the update was removed. That’s good but the lack of communication on this? There’s room for improvement.

What happened to the ChromeOS 119 release?

By Kevin C. TofelPosted on November 27, 2023November 27, 2023Posted in News11 Comments

The ChromeOS 119 release arrived on November 15, only to be pulled on the 21st. Now every Chromebook is back on ChromeOS 118. What’s going on?

Black Friday sale on all Chromebook Plus laptops is here

By Kevin C. TofelPosted on November 24, 2023November 24, 2023Posted in News1 Comment

An early Black Friday sale on all Chromebook Plus laptops gets you your choice of device for under $379. Here are thoughts on each model and the one I’d buy.

How to set your Chromebook wallpaper to a Google Photos album

By Kevin C. TofelPosted on November 20, 2023November 20, 2023Posted in How to, NewsNo Comments

Prefer to set your Chromebook wallpaper rotate through a Google Photos album? It’s easy to do and even picks accent colors for the ChromeOS interface.

Early Black Friday deal drops the price of this excellent Chromebook Plus

By Kevin C. TofelPosted on November 19, 2023November 19, 2023Posted in NewsNo Comments

Early Black Friday deals are here and one of them is for the very capable Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i Chromebook Plus. Normally priced at $499, it’s now $379.

Why the Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 is stuck on ChromeOS 116

By Kevin C. TofelPosted on November 17, 2023November 17, 2023Posted in News14 Comments

The Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 is stuck on ChromeOS 116 while version 119 is the current software. The issue has to do with the USB Type-C port, of all things.

Microsoft’s new web app streams Windows on a Chromebook

By Kevin C. TofelPosted on November 16, 2023November 16, 2023Posted in News9 Comments

The Microsoft Windows App debuts today. This software runs natively on multiple platforms including browsers. It streams Windows on a Chromebook, for example.

ChromeOS 119 release adds several new Chromebook features

By Kevin C. TofelPosted on November 15, 2023November 19, 2023Posted in News8 Comments

The latest ChromeOS 119 release is here. New Chromebook features include saving and synching Tab Groups, better Privacy controls and Google Drive offline use.

Check out the new partial split snap group view in ChromeOS

By Kevin C. TofelPosted on November 14, 2023November 14, 2023Posted in NewsNo Comments

If you like the partial split window feature Google added in ChromeOS 115, you’re really going to like this. Snap Groups will show app layouts in overview mode.