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Googlebook laptops are coming later this fall, and we know of at least five brands that will be among the first to make them.
The company says Googlebooks, which are launching this fall, are the first laptops designed from the ground up for Gemini Intelligence to offer personal and proactive help.
Google has just announced the Googlebook, which is a new lineup of laptops that will more heavily integrate Gemini and presumably replace Chromebooks.
This $145 ASUS Chromebook handles the everyday stuff just fine - ASUS TL;DR: The open-box ASUS Chromebook CM30 (2024) with a detachable touchscreen, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage is on sale for $144.
Google killed ChromeOS and launched Googlebook, a premium Android laptop where Gemini is the interface. Magic Pointer turns the cursor into an AI agent. Devices ship this autumn.
As of mid-May, two configurations of the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 and one variant of the Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 were up to $250 pricier than they were at launch last year: Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 (MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910, 12GB RAM, 256GB UFS) — was $699.99, now $749