Google says Chromebooks will get support through their “existing date commitment”, and “many” models are “eligible to transition” to the Googlebook experience

During The Android Show earlier today, Google revealed its “Googlebook” …

9to5Google 2026-05-13 Ben Schoon

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@intel @intel on x
We're thrilled to partner with @Google on something we've been building with them - Googlebook. Premium, powerful devices designed for Intelligence. We can't wait to get it into your hands this fall. Learn more at https://googlebook.google/ #Googlebook #NEXT #Intel [image]
@google @google on x
Introducing Googlebook, the first laptop designed for Gemini Intelligence. It's crafted for heavyweight performance, built with Gemini at the core and perfectly synced with your Android phone. Coming this fall. 💻✨ #TheAndroidShow [video]
@caro_milanesi Carolina Milanesi on x
Googlebook is a Post-OS Bet
@thefox Nick Fox on x
Big day for Android! +Gemini Intelligence: upgrading our OS to automate multi-step tasks, fill out forms in one tap & more +Next gen Android Auto w immersive nav +Googlebooks coming this fall! Next up, I/O & GML (t minus 7 days) 🔥
@forgebitz Klaas on x
“googlebook” unlimited resources, zero imagination
@ssamat Sameer Samat on x
@Jason Three big things: 1) New tech stack: Android underpinnings (runs android apps natively; supports ARM silicon + x86) and therefore also great interop with your phone. 2) Premium hardware: What you expect from a high end laptop. 3) A new experience with Gemini integrated
@elkelk Eli on x
“Googlebook” is an impressively bad name
@mweinbach Max Weinbach on x
What makes me concerned about Googlebook is your apps like Codex (post likely super app rebrand) and Claude Cowork can't run Electron apps are where most apps seem to be at and they don't work. Android just doesn't support it. Maybe codex because rust if you do a new front end …
@patrickmoorhead Patrick Moorhead on x
I sure hope that there's more than Android-ChromeOS on platform unity plus hover to search or this won't end well. OEMs are mum, too. There a lot of important platform work going on under the hood, but for a launch day, uninspiring. Getting rid of the Chromebook brand is a plu…
@mweinbach Max Weinbach on x
I'm struggling to see Googlebook as anything but an OS designed to replace Android tablets and Chromebooks That's likely what it is, but that also makes it not a competitor to Windows/Mac but iPad? I really hope they have Surface style systems coming
@anshelsag Anshel Sag on x
I don't love the GoogleBook name, I think GeminiBook would've been way more evocative.
@stshank Stephen Shankland on x
So Google is building Android laptops now. Will its “premium” design get around the low-budget vibe of its browser-based Chromebooks, I wonder? https://blog.google/...
@mweinbach Max Weinbach on x
Googlebook! The name is... not good but better than anything I can think of. Coming later this year, it's Android for PCs basically (and replacing ChromeOS in the future) [image]
@nexusben Ben Schoon on x
Just have to say it - “Googlebook” seems like a failure to understand what anyone wants to use a laptop for Google hasn't offered a single compelling use case for this new Android-based desktop platform yet. This seems like a product for no one... https://9to5google.com/...
@bdsams Brad Sams on x
Few weeks ago, Microsoft starts taking Windows seriously again and listening to feedback. Today, Google announces Google Book...a high-end chromebook with support from all major OEMs. [image]
Mat Velloso Mat Velloso on linkedin
What made iPhone special wasn't the touch screen. Touch screens were common for quite some time. It was the fact that they reinvented the entire experience. …
@taumuyi Tau-Mu Yi on bluesky
It took #AI to finally #motivate Google to merge ChromeOS and Android. [embedded post]
r/InterstellarKinetics r on reddit
BREAKING: Google Just Teased a New Premium Laptop Line Running Aluminium OS, a Unified Android and ChromeOS Platform Launching This Fall That Runs Android Apps …
r/gadgets r on reddit
Google announces its Chromebook successor: the Googlebook
@sundarpichai Sundar Pichai on x
Today at the @Android Show (I/O edition) we announced Gemini Intelligence - bringing the best of Gemini to our most advanced devices. Automate multi-step tasks across apps and Chrome, fill out forms in a single tap, turn spoken thoughts into polished text with Rambler, build [ima…
@durvidimel David ImeI on x
I think Google did a great job with The Android show this year. They're clearly trying to add personality and style to their execs and they're doing a great job with it. Additionally pretty much all of these updates are really great. Very big year for Android.
@laparisa Parisa Tabriz on x
We're bringing @googlechrome auto browse to @Android! ✨🕸️📱💚 Recent use case: we asked Chrome to find a custom pet bowl for a team member's new doodle, and we got a fun personalized gift for Stella. 🐶 More details at: https://blog.google/... [video]
@seangchau Seang Chau on x
Android is the only platform purpose-built for the agentic era. We're upgrading the experience to make your phone more proactive and helpful, so you can spend less time looking at a screen 🤳and more time living your life. 🚴 To make this happen, we're focused on 3 big things:
@ssamat Sameer Samat on x
We just pulled the curtain back on some incredible news at #TheAndroidShow: I/O Edition today. We announced the biggest updates to Android ever, from Gemini Intelligence, Android platform upgrades, and what's new beyond the phone - including the introduction of Googlebooks. [vide…
@mkbhd Marques Brownlee on x
Ok genuine question: Would you actually trust an AI with your credit card to execute this in one click? [image]
r/Bard r on reddit
Bringing the best of Gemini in Chrome to Android
Emil Protalinski Emil Protalinski on linkedin
Google has unveiled Googlebook and Gemini Intelligence. — Googlebook is a new laptop lineup designed for Gemini Intelligence …
@googledeepmind @googledeepmind on x
We're reimagining a 50-year-old interface - the mouse pointer - with AI. 🖱️ These experimental demos show how people can intuitively direct Gemini on their screens using motion, speech, and natural shorthand to get things done 🧵 [video]
@googledeepmind @googledeepmind on x
Current models require precise instructions, but our AI-enabled pointer removes that burden. 💡 By “seeing” what's under your cursor, it instantly understands the specific word, image, or code block you need help with. [video]
@demishassabis Demis Hassabis on x
Really cool work from the team reimagining the mouse pointer to be intelligent! Try the prototype in @GoogleAIStudio it's pretty magical.
@scottbelsky Scott Belsky on x
innovation around touch intention and capabilities will look obvious in retrospect. really impressive
@mishaalrahman Mishaal Rahman on x
🖱 The mouse cursor hasn't seen much innovation since the right-click was introduced. We're changing that with Magic Pointer. With a quick wiggle, your cursor comes alive to offer quick, contextual suggestions based on whatever you're pointing at. [video]
@8teapi Prakash on x
incredible. also funny that they're doing the demo on a Mac conspicuously highlighting what Apple missed
@googledeepmind @googledeepmind on x
For decades, your mouse only tracked where you were pointing. AI helps it understand what you're pointing at. 💭 This means a photo of a scribbled note could turn into an interactive to-do list, or a paused video frame can become a restaurant booking link. [video]
@googledeepmind @googledeepmind on x
In the real world, we don't tend to speak in long paragraphs; we point and say: “fix this” or “move that”. 💬 By combining gestures with speech, it lets you use natural shorthand to complete tasks. [video]
@googledeepmind @googledeepmind on x
With an AI-enabled pointer, help is always available where you're working - without having to detour to additional apps. 📲 Point at a PDF and request bullet points for an email, hover over a table to ask for a pie chart, or highlight a recipe and simply say: “double these [video]
r/BetterOffline r on reddit
Google wants to put AI into *checks notes* your mouse cursor (LGT Google's page about it)
r/accelerate r on reddit
Introducing Googlebook, designed for Gemini Intelligence

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