Chromebook users get three free months of Stadia Pro

Posted on 02/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google is giving you an extra incentive to buy a Chromebook: a whole lot of cloud gaming that could make your laptop shine. The tech giant has introduced a perk that gives Chromebook owners a free three-month trial of Stadia Pro. You’ll need a system...

The best Chromebooks you can buy

Posted on 01/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Chromebooks have a reputation for being cheap and limited, but that hasn’t been true for a while. The combination of years of software updates and laptop manufacturers taking Chromebooks more seriously means there are a ton of good Chrome OS computer...

Lenovo Flex 5 Chromebook review: The best budget-friendly Chromebook

Posted on 25/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Chromebooks may have started out as inexpensive, cheaply-made laptops — but as they got more popular, manufacturers started making them more powerful, with better designs to match. Naturally, this sent prices up, and recently it’s been hard to find a...

Google partners with Parallels to bring Windows apps to Chrome OS

Posted on 16/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

For years, Parallels has provided virtualization software so you could run full Windows installs on a Mac, but today they’re tackling a new OS. The company just announced that it is partnering with Google to work on bringing full Windows application...

Chrome will soon group tabs together to save pack rats from themselves

Posted on 13/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google is introducing a new feature to Chrome that will have you asking how you lived without it before. Starting with the next version of the company's browser, which the search giant will begin rolling out next week, you'll be able to organize tabs...

Lenovo’s Chromebook Duet 2-in-1 tablet is available now for $280

Posted on 11/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It took several months, but Lenovo’s surprisingly affordable take on a Chrome OS convertible is now available. The company has released the 10.1-inch Chromebook Duet (thankfully, it ditched the awkward IdeaPad Duet Chromebook name) through its online...

Android’s real-time captioning is coming to Chrome on desktops

Posted on 05/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

You won’t need an Android phone to take advantage of Google’s real-time captioning before long. Techdows has noticed (via 9to5Google) that the latest Canary build of Chrome includes Live Caption support for media playing in the browser. You’ll have t...

Twitter, YouTube TV web apps come to Play Store for Chromebooks

Posted on 13/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Today, the most common way to install apps on a Chromebook is to download the Android version through the Play Store. But that isn’t a perfect solution, in part because the apps aren’t designed for Chrome OS. It looks like this could be changing thou...

Best Buy sale knocks the Pixelbook Go’s starting price down to $584

Posted on 13/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If your ideal work-from-home laptop is a Chromebook, Best Buy might have the deal you’re looking for. The electronics retailer is selling Google’s Pixelbook Go in its entry Core m3 trim for $584, or $66 off, if you’re a My Best Buy member (thankfully...

YouTube’s website is now more tablet-friendly

Posted on 12/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Now that more tablets can view desktop-quality websites, YouTube has tweaked its web version to match. The streaming site has updated its web interface to better support large touchscreen devices, such as iPads, Android tablets and Chrome OS machines...

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