The latest Chromebook Diagnostics app in Chrome OS 89 has been updated with a better UI and hardware tests. Here’s how to get and use this experimental feature.
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The experimental Reading List in Chrome OS is super handy for saving links to web pages for later reading. What will make it more handy? Support for saving Tab Groups, which is in the works for Chromebooks.
The Chrome desktop browser has supported notification badges on Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) since release 73. Chromebooks will get this handy feature with Chrome OS 91, expected to arrive on June 1.
I don’t think any potential mainstream consumer could go wrong by choosing the Pixelbook Go as their daily Chromebook. Google is now discounting the three models worth considering by $50 to $150.
Results from the first performance test of a Snapdragon 7c Chromebook compare favorably to Intel Celeron devices. But in a head-to-head against a Pentium it’s much closer.
Chrome OS turned 10 last year but Chromebooks are just now celebrating their 10th birthday. Here’s a look at Chromebooks over the past decade, along with news of new features landing soon with Chrome OS 89.
Reports suggest the Asus Chromebook Flip CM3 tablet will cost $369 at Costco in the US. Hopefully, this isn’t the base model. Even with a few nice benefits over the similar Lenovo Chromebook Duet, that device can often be found for $249.
The much anticipated first Chromebook with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c chipset is available… in the UK. Expect to pay £399.99 the be among the early, first buyers of the Acer Chromebook Spin 513.
At $629 the Acer Chromebook Spin 713 is a great value: 10th-gen Core i5, 8 GB of memory and 128 GB of speedy NVMe storage. A current sale at Best Buy brings the price down to $529.
It’s easy to remotely control other computers from a Chromebook. Need to know how remotely control a Chromebook from another computer? Here you go.
The initial Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 reviews are in and I sense a theme. Battery life is at least acceptable and the recommendation is for the more expensive $699 model to get that extra performance, memory and (slow) storage.