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Google launches line of Android laptops festooned with Gemini AI
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If you're not a fan of having AI baked into your OS, look elsewhere.
Key facts
- Considering the RAM shortage and the fact that IDC expects PC shipments to decline by 11.3 percent in 2026, Google has picked a challenging time to come out with a whole new category of laptop
- The new line of so-called Googlebooks seems even more obtrusive about pushing embedded AI than Windows 11 embedding Copilot into everything
- Google made several other announcements during Tuesday's presentation, including a new Pause Point feature in the upcoming Android 17 that follows in Apple’s steps by protecting you from your own
- If you're not a fan of having AI baked into your OS, look elsewhere
Summary
Google is rolling out a new line of laptops based on Android instead of ChromeOS, and using the opportunity to try and move upmarket from the budget-conscious Chromebooks, while also baking AI into every fissure of the system. The new line of so-called Googlebooks seems even more obtrusive about pushing embedded AI than Windows 11 embedding Copilot into everything. Google was has been publicly planning to merge Android and ChromeOS for a while, with Android boss Sameer Sama saying last year that the Android codebase would be the core of the new platform. While the laptops won't be coming until later this year, they can already see from the press materials and video demo that this new kind of notebook is meant to out-Copilot Microsoft.