Googlebooks are coming

Google presents a new series of laptops “Googlebook” This fall, powered by a new operating system derived from Android and ChromeOS. It will run Chrome apps, Android apps, phone-connected apps and files, and have Gemini features deeply integrated.

The company says that Chromebooks will continue to work “after the Googlebook is released” and that “…all Chromebooks will continue to receive support through their existing device commitment date.”

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The Verge reports :

“We’ll have more to share about the exact naming of the operating system later this year,” Peter Du of Google’s global communications team told The Verge.

Googlebooks will feature a Magic Pointer feature that offers contextual suggestions whenever you move the cursor and point it at something on the screen. Examples from Google include creating a meeting by pointing to a date in an email or selecting images of furniture and a living space to visualize them together.

Beyond your mouse cursor, Googlebooks will also feature custom AI-generated widgets, which Google is rolling out today for Android phones and Wear OS smartwatches. I don't know what kind of items you'll be able to turn into widgets, but Google gives the example of creating one to organize your flights, hotel information, restaurant reservations, and another to create a countdown timer for an upcoming family reunion.

While there are many outstanding questions that need to be answered about Googlebooks, the biggest and most obvious ones are what these laptops will look like, what chips they will have, and how much they will cost? We have none of that yet.

Google has some initial renderings of a mysterious Googlebook and the promise that it will partner with Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo to build its first models.

There are no model names. There are no specifications. Google doesn't even mention whether the laptop in its renderings is made by a partner or is just a mockup.

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Although the press releases will range from very select to rare, I said I'd pass...because sometimes the editors hide.