Weekly Issue: 2023-47

For this episode of The Chrome Cast, we’re trying something a bit different. Instead of trying to cover a week’s worth of stuff in a single, 90-minute show, we’re going to break our episodes into topic-specific segments and publish more often.

This morning, I posted a quick article outlining an issue I came across with the new Chromebook Plus features in ChromeOS 119 randomly vanishing from my Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook Plus.

We have a new, updated-daily list of the best Chromebook deals around that you are welcome to check out if you want to see all that is on offer currently.

I’m currently in the process of reviewing the Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook Plus and a very strange thing occurred this morning as I sat down to write: all my Chromebook Plus features vanished.

An early Black Friday sale on all Chromebook Plus laptops gets you your choice of device for under $379. Here are thoughts on each model and the one I’d buy.

As they’ve done over the past few years, Hulu is once again offering up a silly deal on a year’s worth of subscription service to their vastly-popular streaming content library. Usually sitting at $7.99/month for the “ad supported” plan and $17.

The initiative aims to bridge the digital divide by making it easier for underserved households to access online resources.

For at least the foreseeable future, there are going to be great Chromebook deals available. But those deals shift, move and change frequently. In response to this, we try our best to highlight individual deals that are not just a great savings, but a great value as well.

The Beta channel has been updated to 120.0.6099.35 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.

It’s that time of year when you can get great deals on all sorts of tech, from the newly released Chromebook Plus models to smart home speakers and now, the Chromecast with Google TV.

There’s no denying the season at this point. There are sales and deals and closeouts and clearances everywhere you look.

New and updated cookies already capped at 400 days since Chrome 104. Same limit will be applied retroactively to cookies in storage. #NewInChrome #ChromeForDevelopers

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Users on Reddit and Hacker News are complaining that YouTube seems to have inserted an intentional five-second delay before video pages will load in Mozilla’s Firefox and occasionally some other browsers.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore just made a pretty substantial announcement: a whopping $27.2 million is being injected into an effort to get free Chromebooks to those who need them all over the state.

After testing it in a preview capacity for nearly 3 months, the new, redesigned Chrome Web Store is now officially rolling out across the web. And with it comes a new Material You facelift, new Chrome Extension categories, a simplified navigation and improved search.

An early Black Friday sale on all Chromebook Plus laptops gets you your choice of device for under $379. Here are thoughts on each model and the one I’d buy.

There’s no question about it: until another challenger comes (likely in the first half of 2024), the Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 and Duet 3 are the absolute best tablets you can buy that run ChromeOS. And that is an important distinction.

We haven’t talked too much about GeForce NOW lately, but that’s not due to any slowdown on their part.

Given the always-connected nature of Chromebooks, when you have a great Wi-Fi connection, your user experience is naturally going to be better. MediaTek is trying to help make it even better with its latest Filogic chips, setting the stage for a new range of Wi-Fi 7 enabled devices.

It truly is the shopping season, ladies and gentlemen. Two absurd Chromebook deals from last week that I was convinced wouldn’t make it through the weekend are both still in play and still absolutely unreal.

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Check out the redesigned Chrome Web Store with new categories and improved navigation to help you easily personalize your browser.

We talked not long ago about a new Chromebook in development that clearly looks to be a Samsung device with some variation of the Intel Alder Lake-N processor on board.

Prefer to set your Chromebook wallpaper rotate through a Google Photos album? It’s easy to do and even picks accent colors for the ChromeOS interface.

Keep your Chromebook protected from snoopers and unblock geo-restricted content with these leading VPNs.

Size matters, and what you do with it. But keep it safe Opinion  Quick question number 1. Do you trust Google? The Movement for an Open Web (MOW) doesn’t.