Hands-on With All The New Chromebook Plus Devices
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Last week in NYC, Google held a Chromebook-focused event that introduced a wide range of new, updated Chromebook models and some really useful new software features as well. While most of these are iterations on existing Chromebook Plus models, there were a few new standard Chromebooks at the event as well, and we wanted to quickly make an overview video to showcase them all.
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It's good to see some nice hardware refreshes. What we also need is a true premium laptop, Pixelbook-like or Surface-like, for those like some of us who would like to upgrade from the usual entry level manufacturers.
I think those Chromebook can only come out after Lacros is fully implemented
I'm glad that new Chromebooks are being released, but I still cannot find a replacement that is as well-made, slim or as elegant as my 2018 Google Pixelbook. It may be getting tired and slow but so far NOTHING has matched the build quality or excellence of design. My fear is that nothing will.
Right there with you, Paul. Apart from that exorbitantly priced HP Dragonfly Elite, nothing seems to come close to my Pixelbook. We'll see how things go once I hit 10 years of use with mine!
When will there be a successor to the Duet 5? I have that but would love to see one with upgraded hardware
Any new ARM powered or fanless chromebook designs?
Ok so first off: great to have you guys back on YT. Really missed ya! On the event: Nice to see new hardware and at affordable prices too! I mean that for me is the main take away: Good looking, well built, nice specs NOT1,000 bucks laptops. We really need more of those so that more people can get their hands on a Chromebook, try them and see just how capable they can be. Really looking forward to what the second half of the year might bring!"
Great to see some of the NYC event, quite different to London. Good to see all of the hardware, thanks!
Remember when Samsung used to make Chromebooks with S Pen and AMOLED screens??? I really miss some of the old Chromebook hardware! They all look the same now.
Yes even the old models were exciting.
Exactly.
I remember they had one with the 4K display but it had terrible battery life. Lenovo duet 5 has a nice old-led screen at an affordable price but no S pen of course. USI stylist is pretty limiting. But even then that's a cool product but it hasn't been refreshed in 3 years or so.
Still waiting for a true Pixelbook successor! I've been using mine for 5 years now, and design-wise, none of the new Chromebooks can compare. Hope to see something soon that captures the elegance and quality of the original Pixelbook
I want another fanless, slim and lightweight 12" Chromebook like the 2017 Google Pixelbook. These heavy 14" machines aren't really that interesting for traveling.
My words exactly!
Yeah I'm writing this comment from my 2017 Pixelbook...I was kinda hoping to see an updated Pixelbook from Google
How do you know if a Chromebook is fanless and arm?
@@Elias-t1x if it doesn't have a fan it's fanless. If it has an ARM processor it is arm
@@Elias-t1x they only announced mediatek kompanio 838 models which should come later from acer lenovo asus and hp i guess, they seem to be a meh upgrade over last gen 828 and nothing new on the highend. Qualcomm X seems to be a exclusive deal with microsoft, google is getting beaten on all fronts
Google needs to drop a pixelbook plus and a pixelbook Go plus.
no chromebook tablet?
One of the non-CB Plus models announced is a tablet. Asus Chromebook CM30. Kompanio 520 with 4/64 or 8/128 (I'm sure you'll really need the 8GB version). $300 at Walmart.
Nice! Just ordered the CX54 from Best Buy after visiting your site. Much needed upgrade from my years old Lenovo costco special
Another informative review. I really look forward to your reviews. Would be interested in seeing a three-way comparison between the ASUS CM34 vs. the Acer 714 vs. the Acer 514. Thanks for all you do.
How is 8 GB still standard here? 16 GB is required to get me interested for daily use.
@@shepardcommander9960 As a developer who uses a Chromebook and uses Linux apps frequently, I can guarantee you, 8 GB is not enough for everyone. I'm not saying it's terrible, but 16 GB RAM would definitely be an improved user experience in many cases.
5 of my first Chromebooks were Asus - but all theirs in the last few years seem to have a 60ms delay on the touchpad that feels horrendous ( CX9 was returned )
Would have loved to see some more Lenovo hardware here, I've been really digging their laptops lately.
Good to see y’all’s faces and hear more Chrome news! Can’t wait for that new 516 GE in black!
I wonder what happened to ChromeOS tablets. They became a thing then poof without a trace.
...the same as Windows Tablets; they were not very good and people did not like them so stopped buying them. Android and iPadOS tablets are just so far ahead of Windows and ChromeOS tablets that it is hard for OEMs to justify throwing money into something that has zero chance of a good return.
A Chromebook Premium class with higher minimum specs and build quality expectations might be interesting.
I'll be wating for the first one with a Snapdragon X Elite 😁
Exactly. New Chromebooks with Intel chips and new PCs with ARM chips is so weird. MS must have partially funded the development. I guess that's why we never saw a Chromebook with an 8CX chip either (to my knowledge). Is Google going to have to prop up MediaTek to compete now? I would rather they partner with Nvidia but Nvidia propbably doesn't have the capacity to even worry about consumer laptop ARM chips at this point. The return of the Tegra brand in a Chromebook Plus would be amazing though.
Totally. I'm even considering moving back to Linux.
Looks like some great devices! Can't wait for the videos
The spin 714 model that was shown in this video has upward firing speakers on the sides. Is this model not out in Best Buy yet? Or is there nowhere to buy the new model yet? The only model I’ve seen in stores like Best Buy still have “ last year’s model” with the upward firing speakers above the function keys
I wish Google would come out with a new and improved Google Pixelbook Go. I love mine but would like some updates
Seems like an awesome event. Hopefully a new Duet 5 is released soon.
A lot on my mind. I am glad they are having this event. Although I was hoping that all these would be Chromebook plus models as I thought that would be the baseline and we move up from there. Hoping also to see more Chrome OS models get the plus features such as chromeboxes and tablets. Was hoping to see Samsung there as well as a... certain processor being introduced. That said that half a terabyte of storage is pretty cool
What would really be cool is a Chromebook Plus with Snapdragon Elite X and 16 GB RAM. Windows already runs on that architecture and has good power management; I wonder what Chrome OS would deliver in the same architecture.
It's awesome to see new hardware! I really wish we could get a pixel book go 2
My biggest problems with Chromebook is that dollar for dollar you get far bigger buying power for window hardwares compare to chrome hardwares. Also, there should have been ARM chips running on Chromebook years ago. The best Google tablet was 2nd generation Nexus 7 running Nvidia chip. I have Google slate and it cannot run all of the same apps from my pixel phone. That is a huge problems and it is not in sync with the phone on reading messages already. Meaning it repeat it self again even though I read it days ago. ChromeOS should at the very least run all phone apps at the same phone screen size on the laptop. At the very very least. Googlel would have far bigger market share had they kept using ARM chips. Another pet peeve is eMMC chip on ChromeOS. Seriously? When is the last time you seen it on window laptop? Let alone a N100 chip on window laptop too. It gives 1st time chromebook user a bad experience. Having said all that. I hated WindowOS because I felt like I was working for WindowOS doing all of the maintences all the time compare to ChromeOS. I have been wanting to buy new Chromebook for the last few years but the specs was at least 1 if not 2 years behind WindowOS hardwares. Right now I can pickup a nice WindowOS laptop for $600 from Costco and I am about to run out of patience.
Which one of these new Chromebook Plus have a HDMI port ?
Will a Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 with 8g 128g i3 be able to adopt the Chromebook Plus features?
What's with the sharp corners on windows? I thought they were making corners rounded?
I wish samsung made a newer chromebook with a 4k mini led display with 1,000 nits brightness to replace the 4k super amoled display on my samsung chrome book. My older samsung chrome book with the 4k super amoled display has the intel core i5 processor while the newer samsung chromebook has a 1080p qled display with an Intel core i3 processor. My older samsung chromebook has a better processor and better display than the newer samsung chrome with a lower resolution display and a weaker processor which does not make any sense. Newer devices are suppose to be an upgrade from older devices but apparently that does not seem to be the case with newer products coming out.
All the software updates coming are great. Sadly the "new" hardware is already a couple generations old.
My unlikely wish list:
A thin metal chassis, QHD OLED(13.5-13.8) and a base snapdragon or Intel ultra chip.
How chromebook or improving soon windows will be a thing of the past especially if they don't add built in security for anyone that doesn't do advanced gaming. Now that many of them have storage is a giant improvement from two years ago.
I would love to see Chromebook plus with x elite chip
Chrome hardware always seems to be 1-2 years behind the curve, so maybe 2026?
@@andyH_England it seems MS struck a exclusive deal with qualcomm so no next gen arm for chromebook in sight. google could make their own cpu but i guess they have other problems right now
Even though I am not totally sold on AI, I wonder how these Chromebooks handle the various AI options rolling out for various devices. Also, the new Apple M series chips and Windows Snapdragon chips are greatly enhancing the performance of laptops, including truly outstanding battery life. Do Chromebooks need to do more to keep up?
I don't think the CX54 is $699. It's staying at $799. I know you said "it would come down to 699" but that was a week ago - and it's not moved.
Yeah, we are going to need proper reviews of these new Chromebooks. Hope your golf project is coming along.
It's a shame none of these are running ARM stuff
Where can u get the first one
I hope that new 516 GE has 16gbs of ram and the i7, I've been waiting on the US release of it
- Too much branding. Google should rethink this.
- Where's ARM (Snapdragon X) PixelBook 2?
that Acer looks pretty good
The Asus looks a bit like the Pixelbook.
Why they avoid 120 hz 16 inch screen?
No new detachable tablets??? ☹️
Does anyone know what happened to Samsung??? They just decided to give up on Chromebooks?
Quite expensive for fairly anaemic devices.
Chromebook Plus with a Meditek chipset. ASUS?
Thanks 👍
Need more of the 516 GE
Bring back the Pixelbook! Long live the Pixelbook!
What happened to the galaxy book go?
samsung is and always have been in a we trust google only as far we can throw them relationship, they always pull out of markets that do not benefit them politically
Why didn´t they change to 14th gen with the acer 516 GE
One reason they can get prices down is that they use cheap obsolete chips at knockdown prices.
The Acer Chromebook 516 GE is the best
Put the podcast back on youtube
Asus still can’t figure out their keyboard color and backlight. Just make the keys black.
Will these AI features be on normal chromebooks too?
Waiting for the new wave of ARM-based chromebooks
when a snapdragon elite comes out on a chromebook, id jump.
until then I will stick with my Asus CX 17 inch chromebook
Chrome os would ne great on arm processor.
snapdragon X seem to be an exlcusive deal with MS, google is out of the race...again
Ditching Arm processors in favour of x86 Intel Chromebook Plus laptops is a huge mistake.
the manufacturers are scraping the bin with cheap cpu's and trying to sell them imo overpriced. qualcomm struck a exclusive deal with MS for the new Elite chips but they are also tying to compete on the absolute high end. Chromebook seem to be stuck forever in the last row hardware wise
SoC?
Snapdragon Chromebook please with 15 hours of battery life for equal or less than a windows laptop…
I guess we’re done with CBs under 14 inches. Lame.
The second I hear Chromebook I feel the fight or flight response. If I'm going to pay laptop prices then I want all my options, not some stripped-down walled garden.
Can we get a Chromebase with more power, more memory, better graphics, and an AI chip better than an iMac? I want a full-fledged PC, not a weak laptop.
Buy a Windows laptop or a Macbook, then. This isn't for you.
@@diwaalejandrogalvez796
Not a real answer.
@Mango_B
You could buy a mid range small form factor PC and convert it over to a 'chromebase' street version by installing ChromeFlex onto it.
I don't know if they allow links on this channel or if they kick comments with links, but make sure to search for "Chrome Flex certified computers". I think that they only cover laptops though. That might be worth a shot.
I am with you though for the long run. I want a real CB with good specs for when at home and then I will use the laptops on the go.
I'm not able to recognize the tone of your comment, but at that point just buy a regular laptop lmao
@@diwaalejandrogalvez796 I don't agree. I'd love a Chromebase with some power.
The market for premium Chromebooks is very small and likely non-profitable for OEMs. Like you, I want a premium Chromebook but have yet to see a better one in my region since the Pixelbook Go. I still use my i7/16GB/4K Pixelbook Go, but would love a newer chip and OLED 120Hz.
Sad no Samsung CB....
There's still companies doing Android tablets but is kinda funny how the majority of companies stopped doing Android tablets and now are doing Android* laptops because in the end it is what it sell XP
These are a tough sell unless you're deep in the Google ecosystem like schools, etc. Man I cant help but wonder whats keeping us from just having ChromeOS running along side Windows with these new Snapdragon Windows notebooks dropping in June. Sounds like best of both worlds. Ironic that the best laptop for ChromeOS is a Microsoft backed product. Tech is so interesting again.... I love it!
I expect Qualcomm and Windows to have made a deal to exclude other devices like Android and ChromeOS. MS has invested heavily in WOA and expects an exclusivity period.
As for Chrome and Windows running side by side? Google knows that would devastate their Chromebook business. That is why they refused MS access to the Android Play Store so that Windows didn't kill off Android tablets.
@@andyH_England I don’t expect it in any official capacity for all the reasons you stated. Just seems very technically possible and the homebrew community a persistent bunch:). Then there’s Linux running on these things. I insert the Lloyd Christmas “So you’re saying there’s a chance?!?!” :)
There is nothing exciting there, and as a PixelBook Go user, I am still waiting for something that offers me the quality of that. It is quite disappointing where Chromebooks have gone, though I get they are cheap and cheerful. Sadly, that means they have lost yet another customer, and I have bought an MB Air instead.
Hot! 🔥🔥🔥
699 for a Chromebook... u must be insane u can buy a MacBook m1 for 750
literally a mac that can run chrome too and has better screen and audio. Yeah, no way someone buys a glorified chrome browser for the same price as a full fledge computer.
So no Samsung??? No new pixelbooks???
I was hoping for more arm system, so disappointing.
I'm afraid none of these are any good if google can't be bothered to get these into stores up here in Canada or as > I might say CAN'TADA - I mean finally google has come out with a decent unit with a Ethernet port HDMI interface and a few ports along with decent hardware specs - BUT where on earth can you buy the bloody thing! and NO Online is NOT a option!
I rather see a surface chromebook. Good hardware and just running chrome.
These all seem pretty boring and generic. 😐 I miss the Pixelbook devices.
Yeah, not great, just refreshes overall, no tablet or convertible with usi pen
Really mid ....
Wake up time seems to be pretty bad
The Chromebooks are rather boring I dare say......
So Mac, is what you do with them
I just use them mainly for the cloud system.
Opening docs and doing work on them on the chromes, then opening them on the mobile docs and doing light work on there cause it's shit.
That's the only reason.
Other than that, I don't use any pcs or laptops.
bro said 300 nuts hell no lol
no qualcomm ill pass
I feel like this channel has become a once a month update on a Chromebook plus... You can tell they grew too fast expanded, shrank, had to lay everyone off after the pandemic ended . And now they're pivoting to some golf machine or something.
it's more a reflection on the state of Chromebooks I'd say
More and more new 14" 's i to spoils your eyesight and not any chromebook plus 17"...
They're all the same thing... There's literally no point in having these different manufacturers making "different" Chromebooks.
I think chromebooks have become more boring since the Plus models were introduced
junk