My confidence level with this very low. So, with that caveat, here is what I found today in the Chrome OS code base. According to this commit, Chrome OS will soon get “Software Mirroring” to support 3+ displays. multi-display-mirroring: Implement software mirroring Changes: 1. Add a flag enable-multi-display-mirroring for all following and future changes for […]
Google Makes It Easy To Clean Up Chrome on Windows
Malware has always been an issue with Chrome on Windows. It is not a Chrome-only problem. Popular software always become target of malware attacks. The Chrome team has created a bunch of features and tools to help users fight this menace. Recently, Google shared a bunch of features and updates that they have been working on. […]
Chrome OS To Get Hindi, Marathi, and Gujarati Phonetic Keyboards
Google is preparing to add a phonetic keyboard to Chrome OS to support Indian languages. I had to do a little bit of Googling to figure out what this actually means. Turns out this is something that a lot of us here in India would find useful!. Google has an online service called Transliteration for […]
Google Invests In Neverware, The Company Behind “CloudReady”
CloudReady is now has official blessing from Google. In an exciting development, Google has become an investor in Neverware, the company behind CloudReady.The company said that ‘Google will be leading their Series B investment round as the newest investor”. From their blog post: Google’s validation of us and of CloudReady is gratifying, but it’s also indicative […]
“Power + Volume Down” Shortcut To Take Screenshot Coming to Chromebooks Too
I know Kevin wanted a Chrome OS tablet. Google is giving us a Chrome OS tablet which is also an Android tablet. Google wants to make it look and work more like an Android tablet. Here is the latest from this trend. Traditionally, we have been using a keyboard shortcut to take screenshot on Chrome […]
“Breaking News” Push Notifications Coming to Chrome For Android
The latest version of Google Chrome for Android Canary build has an interesting “flag”. Flags are experimental features that you can enable from chrome://flags page. The latest experiment that I found says this: Listen for breaking news content suggestions (e.g. for New Tab Page) through Google Cloud Messaging. – Android #enable-breaking-news-push I enabled this and […]
Google Pixelbook is Now Available On Amazon (Preorder)
The new Pixelbook that Google announced this morning, is now available on Amazon. According to Amazon, Pixelbook will be released on October 31, 2017. The following two variants are available for purchase: i5, 8 GB RAM, 256GB ($1,199.00) i5, 8 GB RAM, 128GB ($999.00) Both these devices are available for preorder right Now. If you are […]
Google Pixelbook Is Official, Starts at $999, Ships By End Of October
I just finished watching the Google’s hardware event announcing new Pixel phones, and the new Pixelbook. I added the word Pixelbook to my custom dictionary, and so it begins. Google Pixelbook First of all, it is Pixelbook with lowercase b. I was expecting (like most of you) PixelBook with an uppercase B. Second of all, […]
More Signs of Assistant for Chromebooks!
We are only hours away from Google’s big hardware announcement. According to rumors and leaks, Google will announce a new device named PixelBook, and also new Assistant powered devices. AI will be the star of the day. From all the signs around us, I am speculating that we will see Google announcing Assistant for Chrome […]
“chrome://flags” Page Is Getting Redesigned
If you are a regular reader of Chrome Story, you will know that I prefer writing about things that are “work in progress”. I rarely write about stuff when they hit the Stable channel of Chrome and Chrome OS. I spend a lot of time on chrome://flags page to make this happen. I check this […]