Google recently added the Night Light feature to Chrome OS. In a recent update, they have added the option to schedule night light. Night Light showed up in a recent Chrome OS update. This feature is still a work-in-progress, but Google seems to be improving the nitty gritty around this. In a recent Canary channel […] Read More
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The Files app in Chrome OS have a "Google Drive" section. This section shows all the files and folders from your Google Drive. If you have a zip file there, the Files app can soon unzip it, without leaving the app. This is of course still work in progress, and behind a flag. To get […] Read More
Chrome OS adds new features almost every week. From the recent list of such additions, my favorite is the pin based unlock. This article explains how to set up pin unlock on your Chromebook. Pin unlock makes it easy to unlock your Chromebook, just like it does on your phone. I use a long and […] Read More
Google recently launched an enterprise friendly feature for Google Drive called "Team Drives". This is being integrated to the Files app of Chrome OS. Google launched Team Drives in March. This is slightly different from your regular drives: Google Team Drives are shared spaces where teams can easily store, search, and access their files anywhere, […] Read More
If you are in the market for Chromebooks, the Samsung Chromebook Plus is one of the top Chromebooks that you should consider. The ARM powered Chromebook comes with Android apps by default. If you are considering this Chromebook, Amazon has a 16% discount for this Chromebook at the moment. Chromebook Plus Specs If you are […] Read More
You may have been reading the numerous reports lately that Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) has reached the Samsung Chromebook Plus, on the Canary Channel. You may have read other similar reports that various other devices are receiving the update on the Dev channel. But you may not be aware that some owners of the Asus Flip […] Read More
This new flag showed up in Chrome OS Canary Channel couple of days ago, New style notification. The description said: Enables the experiment style of material-design notification #enable-message-center-new-style-notification I turned it on, restarted my Chromebook and waited. For some reason I did not notice any change that day. However, I noticed this different design for notifications […] Read More
A recent update to the Chrome OS Canary channel (the bleeding edge, updated daily, but buggy) brings Material Design update to Chrome OS login and lock screens. My Toshiba Chromebooks seems to be on an old build, even though I am on Canary channel. However, according to William Greene, this is currently working in Canary channel […] Read More
Google had a cloud-first vision for Chrome OS. It is why it took a while for Chromebooks to become popular. They were a little ahead of time. When cloud computing became a popular concept, the popularity of Chromebooks also increased. There was always one piece where this cloud-first strategy constantly created frustration for users. Cloud […] Read More
Hope you already know and use the Chrome OS master keyboard shortcut, the one keyboard shortcut to learn the rest of it. If you do not know about it, here it is: CTRL + ALT + ? Yesterday, I learned from my friend Denny that this keyboard shortcuts overlay is available on a chrome:// URL […] Read More