GoKawiilTL;DR Google VP John Maletis says there’s a “super robust” pipeline of upcoming Chromebooks and Chromebook Plus devices through this year and into next year.
The statement is the clearest confirmation yet that ChromeOS laptops are not going away immediately, despite Google’s newly announced Googlebooks initiative.
However, Google still appears to be positioning Googlebooks as its long-term premium laptop strategy, leaving the future of Chromebooks beyond the near term uncertain.
With Google unveiling its brand new Googlebooks platform, one major question immediately came to mind: are Chromebooks on their way out? Well, now we know the answer, and it appears Chromebooks aren’t going anywhere, at least in the near term.
In an interview with Chrome Unboxed, Google’s VP of Product Management for ChromeOS, John Maletis, confirmed that new Chromebooks and Chromebook Plus devices are still actively in development and scheduled to launch well into next year.
“I’ve seen the pipeline of upcoming Chromebooks and Chromebook Plus devices and super robust, you know, through this year and even into next year,” Maletis said.
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That’s the clearest indication yet that Google and its hardware partners aren’t abandoning ChromeOS laptops anytime soon.
Googlebooks, announced during The Android Show: I/O Edition yesterday, are supposed to be a new category of premium laptops built on Android and deeply integrated with Gemini features.
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