GoKawiilTL;DR Google has officially unveiled Googlebooks, a new category of premium Android-powered laptops from partners like Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo.
The new laptops feature deep Gemini Integration, tools like Magic Pointer and Create My Widget, and seamless phone app streaming through Cast My Apps.
The first Googlebook laptops will be available this fall.
The first Chromebooks were announced on May 11, 2011, and today marks exactly 15 years and one day since that milestone. It’s no wonder Google chose this date to finally announce that its plans to merge ChromeOS and Android into a unified operating system are finally coming to fruition.
At The Android Show I/O Edition, Google unveiled a whole new category of laptops called Googlebooks. Yes, that’s one word, “Googlebooks,” just like “Chromebooks,” and the erstwhile “Pixelbook.”
So what exactly will Googlebooks bring to the table? First and foremost, no, Google isn’t announcing its own laptop. At least, not yet. Googlebooks, just like Chromebooks, will be a category of premium laptops built by third-party brands.
Are you excited about the new Googlebooks? 96 votes Yes, finally! 33 % No, I am skeptical. 11 % Need to see more first. 35 % I'll stick with Windows/Mac. 20 %
To begin with, Google is tapping five industry names to make the first set of Googlebooks. These include: Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo. Curiously, Samsung and its Galaxy Books are missing from this initial list. That doesn’t mean Samsung will never make a device stamped with the Googlebooks seal of approval. In fact, a recent leak suggests otherwise.
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