It took me a while to come up with that title. I am not 100% satisfied with this title either. Anyways, let me tell you what’s going on in the latest version of Canary, downloaded fresh 15 minutes ago. You can now add more than one Google account per user. I am not talking about […]
Archive for Chromebooks
Chromebooks are simple and easy to use computers running Chrome OS, an operating system built and managed by Google. This is a futuristic platform, allowing you to get things done easy, fast and secure on the cloud.
Meet the New “Discover” App for Chrome OS
Remember the “Discover” app that I discovered in Chrome OS code? That is now available in the Canary channel of Chrome OS. The app does not have a lot of things to “Show off” yet, but the basic structure and design seems to be working fine. The idea here is to showcase Chrome OS feature, […]
Chrome OS “Shelf” Now Has Rounded Corners
Rounded corners are part of the Androidfication of Chrome OS. We have seen this in many parts of Chrome OS in recent weeks. The system try recently got rounded corners, and so did notification popups. Today’s update to Chrome OS Canary channel brings the rounded corners to the “Shelf” too. “Shelf” is the Chrome OS […]
Square Now Supports Chromebooks
Square, the popular mobile payment service now works with Chromebooks too. According to a blog post from Square, users can now use Chrome browser running on Chrome OS to process payments using Square. You can take payments on an Apple computer running Google Chrome or Apple Safari browsers, or on a Chromebook running a Google […]
Future Chromebooks Will Support Facial Recognition
Here is an exciting news to start your morning with. According to a recent code commit in the Chromium source code, Google is working on face detection for Chromebooks. This is a feature that Google already supports in Android. When you think about it, it is only natural for them to bring this feature to […]
Chrome OS Adds Assistant Icon to Launcher
Last week I told you all that Chrome OS will soon move the Google Assistant icon to the search bar on the launcher. Today’s update to the Canary channel has implemented this feature. The only thing that it does in this early version is simply crash the whole Chromebook, but I have a couple of […]
Chrome OS to Get “Discover” App to “Show Off”
The Chrome OS team is working on an app named “Discover” to “show off” Chrome OS modules. I am not 100% sure what these modules are, but it is most likely a name for the different features like Play Store and Assistant etc. The Code The commit log talks about the app will work, in […]
Chrome OS Launcher Search Box to Get “Assistant” Icon, Just Like Android
Google Assistant on Chrome OS is limited to Pixelbook at the moment. It does not have a proper integration with Chrome OS yet. On Pixelbook, Assistant launches as an additional layer. My theory is that Google is still working on integrating the Assistant with Chrome OS, bringing it to the notification area, along with other apps. […]
Chrome OS Will Integrate messages.android.com as a Progressive Web App
Android Messages integration showed up as a Chrome OS flag a long time ago. Soon after that, we saw “Better Together” a complete package that was designed to make your Chromebook and Android phone work “together” Chrome OS Settings app currently shows a new section called “Connected Devices” which is what “Better Together” is used […]
Chrome OS Lock Screen Notifications to Get Android-like Controls
When I wrote about this feature last week, I told you all that we will most likely see Android-like options for Chrome OS lock screen notifications too. We are yet to see those notifications look like they do in Android, but today, I can confirm that there will be additional settings for these lock screen […]