Google is reportedly developing laptop chips as Chromebooks ship more units
A report by Nikkei Asia reported that Google is developing customer central processing units for Chromebooks. The report cited three sources familiar with the matter, who also dished out more details about the search giant’s hardware ambitions.
The most notable piece of information has to be t...
Microsoft no longer supports Android Office apps on Chromebooks
Microsoft will discontinue support for its native Android Office apps on Chromebooks starting September. The company advises users to switch to its web-based Office.com and Outlook.com apps by September 18.
Microsoft will not stop offering native Office apps for other Android platforms beyond th...
Chromebooks dominate the global PC market: 75% annual growth
A new Canalys report shows that Chromebooks have outperformed the rest of the industry product categories, recording a 75% rise in annual growth and shipped out 11.9 million units in the second quarter. The worldwide PC market posted growth in shipments of 10% to hit 121.7 million units.
The gro...
‘Chromebook boom will not live beyond the pandemic’
2021 will continue to see a boom in PC sales, but as the pandemic recedes, analysts think that the market will start spending money on other things. Analyst firm IDC issued a forecast as part of its Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.
The firm predicts that Chromebooks will su...
Acer introduces a 17.3-inch Chromebook
Acer has introduced a series of four new Chromebooks, with an obvious and serious lean toward the enterprise user. The Next@Acer press conference saw the Acer Chromebook 317 unveiled as the industry’s first 17.3-inch Chromebook, built for heavy-duty multi-taskers who also want their device to dou...
Google certifies docking stations for Chromebooks
Google has added docking stations to the Works With Chromebook program. Under that program, third-party companies can release peripherals that are compatible with Chromebooks.
Works With Chromebook already included categories such as mice, chargers, cables and headsets from dozens of different m...
Chromebook sales rise 275% in Q1 2021
The pandemic year drove up laptop sales as people sought out entertainment in accessible forms and tried to get work done with the latest equipment from home offices. The necessity of working meant that PC sales were going to rise dramatically and they did.
According to Canalys' data in early Ja...
Chromebooks very popular in 2020, tablets also saw growth
Chromebook sales remained high during the last quarter of 2020. The Chrome OS based laptops were sold more than 11 million times, with a total of more than 30 million laptops sold throughout 2020.
This is what analyst firm Canalys writes in a report. With this, sales increased by 287 percent com...
Chrome browser in ChromeOS receives fingerprint support
Google has announced that version 88 of ChromeOS will support WebAuthn. This allows its users to log in to a website with biometric data such as a fingerprint.
In a blog post, Google has described all new features in ChromeOS 88. With support for WebAuthn it is possible to log in to a website wi...
Google wants to turn old laptops into Chromebooks
Google has acquired software company Neverware. Neverware has developed an operating system with which old Windows and Apple computers can run Chrome OS. It is unknown how much Google paid for the acquisition.
New life in old computers
The software that Neverware has developed is called Cloud...
Google makes Fuchsia more accessible for developers
Google has announced that it is adapting the open-source model of its mysterious Fuchsia operating system so that more developers can contribute to its development. The company wants to expand the system into a full OS that can eventually succeed Android.
The tech giant has been actively develop...