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As I said, the entire point of Googlebooks seems more to deliver a hardware platform for Google’s Gemini “AI” than to actually compete with Windows, Mac, and Linux as laptop platforms. Every element of the OS is absolutely dripping with Gemini. Google has created an “AI”-focused operating system from the ground up…something I bet a few people on Microsoft’s Copilot team are feeling envious of right now.  What can you do with Gemini in there? Pretty much everything you can do with Gemini on a phone or laptop, plus some extra tricks. You can “create your own widgets” (though they look a lot like

No, at least not at first. Google made laptops running ChromeOS in various form factors, but never seemed to crack the consumer code. For Googlebooks, Google will once again be partnering with conventional laptop manufacturers: HP, Dell, Asus, Acer, and Lenovo were mentioned by name.  Google There is one very cool design element, though: the “Glowbar,” last seen on hardware like the Pixel C tablet. Presumably it’ll be used to communicate status like battery charge or other info, though its utility (on the outside of the laptop lid in the demonstration) is limited, and more of a flair than anyt

Android. And Android apps. It is, in Google’s words, “Optimized for the Android ecosystem.” While it looks like you’ll get a full (or nearly full) version of the Chrome browser, the rest of the tools will be either phone-style Android apps, or Android apps with a bit of extra flair to take advantage of the laptop-style form factor. This will be especially true for Google apps like Google Photos, YouTube, et cetera. Googlebooks can run Android apps remotely from a connected Android phone, like Duolingo seen above. Google Apps can be “casted” from your phone onto a Googlebook screen. This has be