Googlebooks are coming for your Mac
The Vergecast

Googlebooks are coming for your Mac

B1IntermediateSeptember 21, 202633 min

We tried out the new Googlebooks, which are essentially Chromebooks evolved with an Android elemental stone. They're made by Dell, Lenovo, HP, Acer, and Asus (not Google), but all have the new Googlebook OS, heavy Android phone and Gemini integration, and a built-in "Glowbar." Laptop reviewer Antonio G. Di Benedetto went hands-on with the new devices, and reports back to guest host David Imel. Further reading: ⁠iPhone owners can now submit claims in Apple’s $250 million Siri AI settlement⁠ ⁠The M5 Ultra Mac Studio tears through our benchmark tests⁠ ⁠Gemini went rogue and hacked 3 com...

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Hogging seats on a crowded train, not saying, excuse me, watching videos on your phone with no headphones in. Sometimes it feels like we don't know how to act anymore. What we have been seeing increasingly is people breaking rules.

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Why should I play by the rules if nobody else is going to do that for me? This week on Explain It To Me, How to Mind Your Manners, new episodes Sundays wherever you get your podcasts.

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Welcome to the VergeCast, the flagship podcast of Google's new, new operating system. I'm David Amell. Today we're talking to Verge laptop reviewer Antonio Di Benedetto about Google's new Google Book project.

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