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Google Is Replacing the Chromebook With Something Built Around Gemini

Fifteen years after the Chromebook changed how schools and workplaces think about affordable laptops, Google is moving on. The company has unveiled Googlebooks, a new line of AI-native laptops built from the ground up around Gemini, and the biggest names in PC hardware are already on board. Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo are all making Googlebooks in various shapes and sizes, with a launch planned for this fall.

The defining feature is something Google is calling Magic Pointer. Instead of a standard cursor that just points and clicks, wiggling the pointer surfaces contextual suggestions based on whatever is on your screen at that moment. Hover over a date in an email, and it offers to schedule a meeting. Select two images, say your living room and a new couch, and it lets you visualize them together. It is a small thing that adds up to a meaningfully different way of working.

Beyond the cursor, Google Books is tightly connected to Android phones. Users can run phone apps directly on the laptop, access their phone's files through the laptop's file browser, and view or insert them without ever touching their handset. There is also a new feature called Create your Widget, which lets users prompt Gemini to build custom dashboards pulling from Gmail, Google Calendar, and the web. Planning a trip, tracking a project, or keeping up with a schedule becomes a single personalised view rather than five open tabs.

Googlebooks run on a new Android-based operating system, not ChromeOS. Google is not announcing a hard end for the Chromebook and says existing devices will continue receiving updates through their support commitments, with some eligible to transition to the new experience. Google is moving away from the browser-based laptop it built its education market dominance on and toward something built entirely around AI from the start.

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