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.
Author: Kevin Tofel
Kevin Tofel
After spending 15 years in IT at Fortune 100 companies, Kevin turned a hobby into a career and began covering mobile technology in 2003. He writes daily on the industry and has co-hosted the weekly MobileTechRoundup podcast since 2006. His writing has appeared in print (The New York Times, PC Magazine and PC World) and he has been featured on NBC News in Philadelphia.
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.
The Microsoft Windows App debuts today. This software runs natively on multiple platforms including browsers. It streams Windows on a Chromebook, for example.
The latest ChromeOS 119 release is here. New Chromebook features include saving and synching Tab Groups, better Privacy controls and Google Drive offline use.
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.
I published my initial review of the Framework Chromebook on the last day of 2022. So how does it hold up, nearly a year later?
Nvidia and AMD are reportedly building ARM chips for Windows PCs. These should power Chromebooks too, for several reasons, but will they?
Following up on its ChromeOS tablet from 2021, the Asus Chromebook CM30 was introduced as a new model. There’s a faster MediaTek chip and WiFi 6 inside.
Best Buy is still running a sale on the new Chromebook Plus devices, with savings between $100 and $200. Get your pick of model from $269 to $499.
Google is readying a Linux container upgrade for Chromebooks. Get ready for the switch to Debian 12, also known as Bookworm.
The Chrome browser Memory Saver feature has a supplemental function that shows memory usage when hovering over a tab. Here’s how to use it.