Chrome OS 80 Update Makes Chromebooks Ever More Tablet Friendly

Chrome OS 80 Update Makes Chromebooks Ever More Tablet Friendly

Chromebooks got upgraded to Chrome OS 80 this week, with beta testers already trying out features of Chrome OS 81. What has been significant about Chrome OS changes so far in 2020 have been its improved tablet functionality. This is making Chrome visually more similar to Android in some ways, with a more tablet friendly…

Report Says Google Testing Gesture Support For Chrome Tablets

Report Says Google Testing Gesture Support For Chrome Tablets

A report in 9To5Google suggests that Google is transferring some Android 10 features to Chrome OS, specifically gesture support. The gesture support in question are the new swipe gesture type of navigation that has replaced the traditional navigation buttons in Android. It would make sense that this feature were transferred onto Chrome too since the…

8-Inch & 10-Inch Chrome Tablets ‘Flapjack’ Benchmarked

8-Inch & 10-Inch Chrome Tablets ‘Flapjack’ Benchmarked

Chrome OS followers Chrome Unboxed have noticed that the purported upcoming Chrome tablets that have been spotted by its paper trail here and there for months, have just been benchmarked these days too. Simply being tested under the name “Google Flapjack”, the Chrome OS tablets were benchmarked in Geekbench four times in a row, with…

Google Pixel Slate Rumored As Name For Google’s Upcoming Chrome OS 2-In-1 Tablets
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Google Pixel Slate Rumored As Name For Google’s Upcoming Chrome OS 2-In-1 Tablets

According to Android Police editor David Ruddock, Google’s upcoming Chrome OS tablet that have previously been referred to by its codename “Nocturne” will be called Google Pixel Slate when it launches in 2 weeks. The first possible pictures of the Google Pixel Slate along with the Brydge keyboard, have been published on About Chromebooks, which…

Computer Peripherals Leaks Suggest More New Chromebook Tablets In 2018

Computer Peripherals Leaks Suggest More New Chromebook Tablets In 2018

Google haven’t launched a new tablet since their 2-in-1 Android tablet Pixelbook C back in September 2015, but based on some probable third party leaks from peripheral computer manufacturers, there’s evidence to suggest that new Google tablets and 2-in-1 tablets may show up at their October 9 event alongside their new Pixel 3 phone, smart…

HP Chromebook x2 Announced – First Chrome OS 2-In-1 Tablet – Powered By Intel Core CPU

HP Chromebook x2 Announced – First Chrome OS 2-In-1 Tablet – Powered By Intel Core CPU

HP announced the first Chrome OS 2-in-1 tablet today called HP Chromebook x2. HP says that they expect to launch the Chromebook x2 on June 10 from $599: https://www.amazon.com/HP-x2-2-Chromebook-M3-7Y30-4GB/dp/B07D6FN5RJ/ Specs are a little mixed for a Chromebook, with the Chromebook x2 featuring a 12.3-inch screen with 2400 x 1600 resolution with digitizer and Gorilla Glass…

2-In-1 Chromebooks By Asus, Lenovo, HP, Acer Coming In Q2

2-In-1 Chromebooks By Asus, Lenovo, HP, Acer Coming In Q2

Digitimes says that Asus, Acer, HP, Lenovo and a few others are currently developing 2-in-1 Chromebooks for release in Q2 this year, quoting upstream supply chain sources. We last heard about Acer developing 2-in-1 Chromebooks/Chrometabs in the middle of February, but now it seems that more players have been invited to join the game. And…

Possible Acer Chrome OS Tablet Unveiling April 29?

Possible Acer Chrome OS Tablet Unveiling April 29?

Zdnet is speculating whether Acer might be the first tablet brand to release a Google Chrome tablet. With Acer inviting to a press event on April 29, speculations have a few people wondering if Acer will unveil the first ever Chrome tablet. Nothing have been spotted in benchmark tests, FCC filings, or image leaks yet,…