51 min

New Chromebooks, new features, new Chromecast The Chrome Cast

    • Technology

This week on The Chrome Cast podcast, we have a little hardware and a little software. For the first half of the show, we focus on a few new Chromebook releases: the kind of different but kind of the same Acer Chromebook Plus 514 and the Lenovo Chromebook Slim 3i that you should not buy. We wrap up our hardware segment with a discussion of a 4K Chromecast with Google TV that is rumored to be on the way and what we hope Google brings to their next-gen streaming dongle.
In the second half of the show, we dive into a new feature coming soon in Google Photos that will help you de-clutter your library by getting rid of all those random screenshots, GIFs, and memes that have been building up. And then we finish up the show with a phone call feature that Robby thinks should head to Chromebooks soon. We even have a throwback to Andromeda, for some of you OG Chrome Unboxed readers who might remember all of those rumors back in 2016 and 2017. I hope you enjoy it, cheers!
Show Links

Acer’s new Chromebook Plus 514 is more of the same, but different

A new Lenovo Slim 3i Chromebook appears, but makes little sense

Walmart’s excellent Onn. Google TV streaming box getting a “Pro” upgrade

A new, updated 4K Chromecast w/Google TV is on the way

Your Google Photos library is about to get far less cluttered

This needed Chromebook feature could tempt me back to Pixel


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This week on The Chrome Cast podcast, we have a little hardware and a little software. For the first half of the show, we focus on a few new Chromebook releases: the kind of different but kind of the same Acer Chromebook Plus 514 and the Lenovo Chromebook Slim 3i that you should not buy. We wrap up our hardware segment with a discussion of a 4K Chromecast with Google TV that is rumored to be on the way and what we hope Google brings to their next-gen streaming dongle.
In the second half of the show, we dive into a new feature coming soon in Google Photos that will help you de-clutter your library by getting rid of all those random screenshots, GIFs, and memes that have been building up. And then we finish up the show with a phone call feature that Robby thinks should head to Chromebooks soon. We even have a throwback to Andromeda, for some of you OG Chrome Unboxed readers who might remember all of those rumors back in 2016 and 2017. I hope you enjoy it, cheers!
Show Links

Acer’s new Chromebook Plus 514 is more of the same, but different

A new Lenovo Slim 3i Chromebook appears, but makes little sense

Walmart’s excellent Onn. Google TV streaming box getting a “Pro” upgrade

A new, updated 4K Chromecast w/Google TV is on the way

Your Google Photos library is about to get far less cluttered

This needed Chromebook feature could tempt me back to Pixel


Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

51 min

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