Googlebook

timpera

This is really cool (although they could've recycled the Pixelbook brand). I hope there'll be a way to dual boot Windows 11 on this.

recitedropper

Can't imagine this'll help the RAM shortage.

hansmayer

Hey Google, take the cue from Microslops debacle with the "agentic" Windows : Nobody asked for this!

SecretDreams

This will end up on the killedbygoogle website probably 7 years from now. Probably right next to Chromebook at this rate -_-.

troymc

I guess it will be running Google's new operating system (a "modern OS designed for Intelligence") that combines elements of Android and ChromeOS. Edit: Probably Android at the core, and then a desktop-grade Chrome browser on top.

0xbadcafebee

Can we replace the splash page with this blog post? https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android...

jerojero

I think if I wanted a cheap laptop I'd probably get the macbook neo, and if i wanted a non-gaming expensive one i'd get a macbook pro. I really don't see the market fit for this, I guess the android integration. But my god, I'd die of cringe if someone asked me about my laptop and I had to say "googlebook". Believe it or not, these things matter a lot, particularly if you're trying to target a young audience.

tapoxi

Something I appreciate about ChromeOS is that updates are basically invisible. I'm worried they're gonna fuck up and overcomplicate something simple by having it run full-blown Android. Just think of all the times that you're happily using a browser and now these sites are going to demand you install an app after they detected you can because of the user agent. Ugh.

ZeroCool2u

There was a time where Google could've been competitive in this space, specifically against Apples MacBook product line, but that has long since passed. The 3rd party manufacturer path means Google isn't committed to this and won't have competitive hardware. It'll just be another Chromebook and limited to the Google Play Store too, which just isn't good at this point.

jtonl

If it runs vim. I can take it.

pcurve

It could just be me, but the usecases they're trying to solve for always seem... out of touch from reality. Either they live in their own bubbles where their lives revolve around constant shopping, traveling, throwing parties, and doing creative work... Or they're not bothering to do basic observational research around how normal people live.

650REDHAIR

Awful branding aside this will be dead within 3 years. MacBook neo @ $499 and the ability to finance it leaves almost zero room in the US market for an Android laptop. *edit It looks like will be a ChromeOS successor and their demographic will be schools?

geori

They are so bad at product

returnInfinity

Can this project run for 30 years at loss? Google investors don't like that. One day an exec will say lets reduce wasteful projects and cut this.

achow

Google seems to have made an official post on Reddit describing the feature set in detail: https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1tb8xls/introducin... [Edit] And, the feature set references the 'AI mouse pointer' from this Deepmind blog.. https://deepmind.google/blog/ai-pointer/

varun_chopra

What does Google gain from this? They already struggle in hardware, or am I missing something - has something changed?

kotaKat

So... they built a right-click-slop-generator and that's the default experience you get as the context menu? Gross. I thought the Windows 11 miscreation was bad enough. also, second question in re sideloading: do the Googlebooks get the 24 hour fuckoff window for enabling sideloading or can I just walk granny through loading an .apk direct on the laptop

mturk

I bought a Pixelbook during the middle of their product lifetime, and it was one of the best laptops I ever had. I genuinely don't know how broadly that sentiment was shared, but the cancellation of the product line suggests "not that broadly." Google has changed since that time and I am a bit skeptical this will meet that specific niche for me.

worldsavior

Will it have a bootloader unlocked???

gosukiwi

So its the same you can do with using any AI app, but they make you buy an inferior notebook (compared to macbooks)