Using an external monitor with your Chromebook or Chromebox? If so, you might have seen the issue that “washes out” colors on the second display. After three months, the fix is in.
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Good things come in threes and for the third time in three days there’s another leaked image of the Pixelbook refresh with much smaller bezels.
To quickly boot into Windows on future Chromebooks, it appears you can skip the boot screen showing software choices and use a keyboard shortcut.
Leaked ads show a Pixelbook that looks like today’s version but with smaller bezels for a larger actual display. Expect newer Intel processors and perhaps a lower starting price.
The 4K Atlas Chromebook will have speedy NVMe support for its local storage, just like the current high-end Pixelbook. Could this be the high-end detachable laptop Google debuts on October 9 at its #MadeByGoogle event?
The #MadeByGoogle hardware event is happening on October 9 in New York City where we should see at least one, if not two, new detachable Chromebooks. Will it be Atlas, Nocturne or both?
Samsung has a new Chromebook in the works, but there’s little information available just yet. It could be a refresh of the Chromebook Pro, or perhaps even a new model to compete with recently announced devices from Acer, Dell and Lenovo.
Earlier this year, the shelf would auto-hide when using a Chromebook or Chrome slate in tablet mode. Then, the feature went away. Good news: It’s coming back!
The $599 version of Lenovo’s Yoga Chromebook C630 has a 1080p display and 64GB of storage. If you want the 4K display, you’ll pay $749 and get double the storage. Here’s a brief but informative video overview from Mr. Mobile on this desktop replacement Chromebook.
Lenovo is going big and bold with the Yoga Chromebook C630: A 15-inch 2-in-1 running on an 8th-gen Intel Core i5 processor. It starts at $599 but that gets you a 1080p display; you’ll have to upgrade if you want 4K / UHD.
Google’s Titan security key is now available for $50 and adds a second authentication factor for online accounts to mitigate phishing attacks. Guess what: You can use it for 2FA logins on your Chromebook too.