For our finale, we are leveling up to true production-grade quality with an expert judge! Learn how to measure human expert agreement with Cohen’s Kappa, balance your judge’s precision and recall using the F1 score, and avoid the massive trap of overfitting with a secret final exam dataset.

Voice dictation is incredibly convenient, but the reality is that the way we speak rarely matches how we actually want to write. Between the stuttering, self-corrections, and filler words like “ums,” “ahs,” and “likes,” most voice-to-text messages require a lot of manual cleanup before you can hit send.

The dust is just beginning to settle from The Android Show and the massive Googlebook announcement, and Google is beginning the work of building hype for the fall hardware launch.

When it comes to the success of any new computing platform, hardware is only half the battle. Arguably, the more important half is the app ecosystem. For years, the ChromeOS experience has been a tough sell for some.

If you catch Oliver Dunk executing exaggerated physical drills or shouting technical terms at inanimate objects, just know it’s all for a good cause. We are gearing up for #GoogleIO to drop some big announcements, including exciting Chrome Web Store and Chrome Extensions updates. Register today → https://goo.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 150 (150.0.7838.2) for Android. It’s now available on Google Play.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog, and for details on web platform updates, check here.

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2026. Today, Vinod D’Souza, director, Office of the CISO, shares highlights from his RSA Conference fireside chat with Anthony Belfiore, chief strategy officer, Wiz.As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog.

The Dev channel has been updated to 150.0.7838.0 for Windows, Mac and Linux.A partial list of changes is available in the Git log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Learn how to watch YouTube on a school computer using safe, practical methods that can bypass common DNS and URL restrictions for class projects or research. Explore simple URL tricks, browser-based options, and technical workarounds while understanding school network limits.

Learn how to record on Google Slides in 2026 and turn static presentations into narrated decks viewers can watch anytime. Compare Google Slides with Microsoft PowerPoint and see why cloud-first tools are reshaping office presentations.

Modern video editing demands speed, accuracy, and consistency across diverse content types. Traditional workflows are generally manual and time-consuming to render. Intelligent automation and faster processing of these inefficiencies are now being replaced with AI-powered tools. Pippit makes editing easier by simplifying complex tasks with minimal input.

Why wait for Googlebooks?

Why wait for Googlebooks?

The Beta channel is being updated to OS version 16640.37.0 (Browser version 148.0.7778.171) for most ChromeOS devices.

The short-term answer is reassuring, but the long-term subtext seems telling.

The short-term answer is reassuring, but the long-term subtext seems telling.

Quickly understand ‘intent to deprecate’ vs. ‘intent to remove’ browser features. Learn where Blink engineers post updates to keep your web projects current and avoid surprises. Stay informed, build confidently! Resources: Feature deprecation and removal in Chrome: https://goo.gle/fdrc Chrome deprecation trials → https://goo.gle/cdt What is Chrome? → https://goo.gle/what-is-chrome Chrome release channels → https://goo.

If you haven’t seen it yet, there’s been a massive leak of the early Googlebook OS in action that gives us our first real glimpse into what Google’s vision for the mash-up of Android and ChromeOS will look like.

Following yesterday’s Googlebook announcement, the company released a post aimed at existing enterprise and educational Chromebook users.

While we got our first glimpse of Googlebook yesterday, Google is still playing a bit coy with unveiling deeper details on the underlying OS, what it will be called, and exactly what it will look like in action.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 149 (149.0.7827.13) for Android. It’s now available on Google Play.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog, and for details on web platform updates, check here.

Google is fundamentally rethinking how we interact with AI, and thankfully, they aren’t making us wait for the release of the new Googlebook to get our hands on it.

The Beta channel has been updated to 149.0.7827.14 for Windows, Mac and Linux.A partial list of changes is available in the Git log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 149 (149.0.7827.12) for iOS; it’ll become available on App Store in the next few days.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Faceless AI videos are dominating TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts — and tools like Wava AI are helping creators produce them faster than ever.

At the Android Show yesterday, we introduced Googlebooks: a new category of premium laptops built with Gemini’s helpfulness at the core. Designed for Gemini Intelligence, Googlebooks will give personalized, proactive support across their workflows, access to powerful agentic capabilities, and seamless compatibility across their devices.

Hype around the metaverse may have cooled down in recent times, but the idea could still come to fruition in the future. The concept of a shared digital world makes a lot of sense, and it’s likely to be a logical step forward in virtual reality’s evolution.

Well, hell’s bells: It’s finally happening. After years of misguided rumors and off-base expectations — over a decade’s worth, even! — Google is actually now on the brink of combining Android and ChromeOS into a single superpowered platform for laptops and mobile devices alike.

Well, hell’s bells: It’s finally happening. After years of misguided rumors and off-base expectations — over a decade’s worth, even! — Google is actually now on the brink of combining Android and ChromeOS into a single superpowered platform for laptops and mobile devices alike.

Keyboard malfunction remains the most common Chromebook hardware failure in 2026, surpassing screen damage, battery wear, and hinge issues across major brands. Five-year failure rates range from 6.3% for Lenovo to 9.7% for Samsung, staying well below the 16% three-year laptop failure rate reported by Consumer Reports.

New Chromebooks are in the pipeline through this year and into next.

New Chromebooks are in the pipeline through this year and into next.

A Google exec also shed light on bringing Chrome OS features to Googlebooks.

A Google exec also shed light on bringing Chrome OS features to Googlebooks.

Most companies don’t start looking at external engineering teams because they want to. They do it because hiring locally stopped working. Senior developers are expensive, recruitment cycles drag on for months, and product roadmaps keep moving anyway.