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Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon and Genie 4 just changed how AI builds software and worlds
Google is moving at an unrelenting cadence right now in the AI space. Just two weeks after introducing Gemini 4 Argon, the team at Google DeepMind dropped a massive one-two punch across its frontier AI research: Gemini 4 Carbon and Genie 4. These latest two announcements feel…
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Early reviews panned Googlebook’s Glowbar, but adore Macbook’s glowing logo
I have spent a good part of my morning laughing at the memes rolling across my social feeds today. Apple just showed off its latest batch of $3,000+ MacBooks, and the tech internet is practically throwing a parade for the return of the glowing Apple logo on the lid. Nostalgia is…
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This Googlebook trick makes speaking to Gemini so much faster
As we keep digging into the brand-new Googlebook OS platform, little quality-of-life settings keep bubbling up. When moving to a completely fresh desktop operating system, finding muscle-memory shortcuts that actually speed up daily tasks makes all the difference. One of the…
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Google Gemini upgrades your workflow with direct in-chat doc and PDF editing
For months, using generative AI to produce actual working documents has come with an annoying, repetitive chore. You feed Gemini a detailed prompt, it generates pages of formatted text, and then you’re stuck doing the copy-paste dance: grabbing chunks of content, dropping them…
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Googlebook and foldable apps are about to get a massive quality boost from the Play Store
With Googlebook now out in the wild, joining alongside Android foldables and tablets, we have more large-screen Android devices in people’s hands than ever before. Yet, the problem of mobile apps on large screens is still a very real, very frustrating issue to contend with.…
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Googlebook update finally puts an end to the most frustrating PWA flickering bug
Over the past couple of weeks with all five launch Googlebooks sitting here on my desk, I have been preaching patience for a brand-new desktop operating system finding its footing. However, a persistent, nagging software bug had recently crossed the line for me from slight…
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The Lenovo Googlebook Duet m is my dream device, and I’m glad it hasn’t launched yet
When we walked into Google’s launch event in New York City back in September, there was one device I wanted to get my hands on more than any other: Lenovo’s 13-inch OLED detachable, the Googlebook Duet m. We had tracked the “Sapphire” baseboard for months, watched it hit…
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Lenovo Googlebook Duet m keyboard clears the FCC as a big launch question looms
We have been tracking Lenovo’s upcoming detachable tablet – codenamed “Sapphire” and officially dubbed the Lenovo Googlebook Duet m – for months now. While we have spent the last few weeks getting to know all five launch Googlebooks, this 13-inch OLED detachable has remained the…
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Google Meet can now translate 63 languages in real time with zero manual setup
We’ve had translated captions in Google Meet for quite a while now, and when Google first started rolling out actual voice-to-voice translation, it felt like a solid step toward breaking down language barriers in remote meetings. Still, that initial version had some pretty rigid…
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Dell XPS Googlebook unboxing: MacBook Air vibes and Snapdragon power
Of all the initial hardware in the Googlebook launch lineup, the Dell XPS Googlebook is easily one of the most anticipated devices we have in the office. We got a brief glimpse of Dell bringing its flagship XPS pedigree to the platform in New York City, but getting this…
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Googlebook should have been framed as the Chromebook successor, not a MacBook rival
If you’ve spent any time reading or watching the initial wave of Googlebook reviews over the past couple of weeks, you’ve seen the frustration firsthand. Mainstream reviewers are picking up these $1,000+ laptops, measuring them directly against M-series MacBooks and Windows…
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Chrome 156 for Googlebook delivers 14 desktop upgrades and a look at what’s coming next
Having the initial batch of Googlebooks on my desk this month has been an exercise in balancing massive hardware potential against early software growing pains. As we have talked about extensively around here lately, Googlebook OS is built on an Android 17 foundation that…
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Googlebook OS is finally getting one of my favorite ChromeOS features
When the first wave of Googlebooks arrived a few weeks ago, the pitch was simple: combine the best parts of Android and ChromeOS into one modern, cohesive desktop platform. Having spent the last few weeks testing these new laptops, though, it is clear that Googlebook OS launched…
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Google just solved Gemini’s biggest research bottleneck with direct Notebook actions
If you use Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) for deep-dive research, lecture notes, or project planning, you know the single biggest irritation has always been the wall separating it from your daily chat flow. Notebooks were fantastic for grounding answers strictly in your…
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Google is bringing Chromebook’s best unlock feature to Googlebooks
When moving from ChromeOS to Googlebook OS, there were certain quality-of-life features I really hoped would simply make the jump. As we’ve seen, that hasn’t exactly been the case with Googlebook at launch, but it does feel like Google is working hard to bridge the many gaps…
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Googlebook is getting AAC Bluetooth audio and key fixes for Cast My Apps
As we talked about earlier this week, every brand-new platform goes through growing pains right out of the gate, and Googlebook OS is no exception. While we’ve already seen Google step up to acknowledge issues the washed-out OLED black levels on Intel-powered units, early…
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Google Vids just got two essential timeline upgrades for real video editing
When Google Vids first arrived, it felt much closer to an animated Google Slides presentation than a traditional non-linear video editor. That simplified approach made it easy for anyone to throw together a quick team update, but if you actually spend time editing video on a…
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We just got our Lenovo AI Mouse for Googlebook, and it’s impressive
We first spotted the Lenovo AI Mouse in an early leak alongside the Lenovo Googlebook 15, and I’ve been eager to see how certified Googlebook peripherals would actually feel in day-to-day use. Now, we finally have the mouse in hand and after putting it to work for the last hour…
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How to silence Googlebook mirrored phone notifications without turning off sync
Over the last couple of weeks in our studio, pairing my phone with our test Googlebooks has been one of the biggest workflow highlights on Googlebook OS. Once Google resolved the initial pairing bugs and we got Better Together running smoothly on Galaxy hardware, having text…
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Googlebook screen recording may soon get a webcam selfie bubble and live markup tools
As I have spent the last couple weeks thinking through all the tutorials I’d like to start making for Googlebook OS, one major omission has stood out that will affect both content creators and remote workers alike. On ChromeOS, we were spoiled by a native screen capture tool…