Google announces its Chromebook successor: the Googlebook
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FollowSee All NewsGoogle announces its Chromebook successor: the GooglebookGoogle has a new operating system and a new laptop platform, but no hardware just yet. Google has a new operating system and a new laptop platform, but no hardware just yet. Di Benedetto Antonio G.
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Di Benedetto is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Google is announcing a new line of laptops coming in the fall called Googlebooks.
Industry Implications
Details are sparse for now, as the tease is just a small part of various Android announcements during Google’s Android Show. But we do know this is a major new initiative in the laptop space for Google, seemingly designed to succeed Chromebooks with something more capable: a platform running a long-rumored new operating system based on a fusion of Android and ChromeOS. That operating system, through various leaks, has been referred to as Aluminium OS.
Google isn’t announcing the OS’s real name or giving many details about it just yet. “We’ll have more to share on the exact OS branding later this year,” Peter Du of Google’s global communications team tells The Verge. “We can confirm it is not Aluminium — that is the codename, not the official branding.
This advance offers important signals about the future of the sector, and the tech world is watching closely.
