Image: The Verge Google is building its Gemini AI into Chrome on desktop. During its I/O event on Tuesday, Google announced that Chrome 126 will use Gemini Nano to power on-device AI features, such as text generation.

Have you seen it yet? Yesterday, OpenAI launched ChatGPT-4o (the “o” is for “omni”) and the examples and results are staggering. We’re talking next-gen AI, here, and the practical applications are just beginning to take shape for all those encountering the ChatGPT-4o news this morning.

Hit by a return-to-office mandate?

As hybrid work arrangements become more common, it can be a challenge to get coworkers in the same place at the same time. With that in mind, Microsoft hopes to make it easier to coordinate in-person collaboration with the launch of Places, an app with features to help plan the time employees spend in the office.

Though it has been a bit of a mess for the past few years, Walmart is finally starting to get their Chromebook selection reigned in a bit.

I’ve written or talked about this exact thing at least a dozen times here at Chrome Unboxed over the past 10 years.

The Dev channel has been updated to 126.0.6468.2 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.

  Hello, Everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 125 (124.0.6367.179) for Android: it’ll become available on Google Play over the next few days.This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log.

The Stable channel has been updated to 124.0.6367.207/.208 for Mac and Windows and 124.0.6367.207 for Linux which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log.The Extended Stable channel has been updated to 124.0.6367.207 for Mac and Windows which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

I banged this drum a bit a couple weeks ago, but another big reason has emerged to prove the point that the Snapdragon X Plus just belongs in a future Chromebook.

The dream of using your smartphone to power an entire computing experience is very much alive and well and, according to a new report, Google has shown off that its possible to have a Pixel phone powering ChromeOS on an external monitor.

LTS-120 is being updated in the LTS (Long Term Support) channel, version 120.0.6099.310 (Platform Version: 15662.107.0), for most ChromeOS devices. Release notes for LTS-120 can be found here Want to know more about Long-term Support?

I have to give them credit; Google is steadily working to bring new updates and features to its Messages app.

In 2021, Google unveiled Project Starline, a new immersive video call platform that looked like something out of science fiction. This project showed off a “magic window” that could make you feel like you were sharing a room with someone, even if they were miles away.

Editor’s note: The post is part of a series showcasing tech companies and data providers that are Built with BigQuery. In recent years, changes in consumer privacy regulations have created disruption within the media and advertising ecosystem.

Editor’s note: Today we hear from Atommap, a computational drug discovery company that has built an elastic supercomputing cluster on the Google Cloud to empower large-scale, computation-driven drug discovery. Read on to learn more.

Editor’s note: Today’s blog post was written in collaboration with Google Cloud Premier Partner Virtusa, which specializes in building cloud-native, microservices-based, pre-built solutions and APIs on Kubernetes, as well as machine learning and data-oriented applications, as well as offering managed cloud services and cloud operations design.

With ChromeOS 124 came the new, overhauled settings app as well. With this new system app, your Chromebook settings are finally parsed out into proper sections instead of being one, long feed of toggles and buttons.

According to a recent post over at 9to5 Google, it seems the ChromeOS team is now at work to bring one of the more technologically impressive audio features to Chromebooks: Spatial Audio.

It’s been a bit of a roller coaster ride for anyone eagerly awaiting Walmart’s new Onn 4K Pro Google TV streaming box.

Google is working to bring Spatial Audio to Chromebooks, enabling a more immersive listening experience.

 Hello, Everyone! We’ve just released Chrome 124 (124.0.6367.171) for Android: it’ll become available on Google Play over the next few days.This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Google I/O is one of my favorite times of the year when the brightest minds at Google unveil their work in software, hardware, and AI innovation.

Editor’s note: Today, we’ll hear from Trendyol, a leading ecommerce marketplace and Google Cloud partner based in Türkiye, about how it uses Looker on top of its BigQuery and BigLake data lake infrastructure to allow its thousands of users to gain real-time insights while maintaining strong governance in the cloud.

PostgreSQL is an advanced open-source, relational database management system that empowers businesses with robust, reliable, and scalable database solutions. It has a rich set of features including security, availability, and performance that ensure data integrity and business continuity.

On a mission to disrupt and transform the fintech industry, Airwallex is constantly innovating, embracing new technologies that can help businesses overcome international money transfer challenges so they can grow without borders.

A couple of days ago, Google announced that the Google Pixel Tablet is now available as a standalone device, with the 128GB model starting at just $399 now, $100 off the original price that included the charging dock.

The Beta channel is being updated to OS version: 15853.24.0 Browser version: 125.0.6422.31 for most ChromeOS devices.If you find new issues, please let us know one of the following waysFile a bugVisit our ChromeOS communitiesGeneral: Chromebook Help CommunityBeta Specific: ChromeOS Beta Help CommunityReport an issue or send feedback on ChromeInterested in switching channels? Find out how.

The Stable channel has been updated to 124.0.6367.201/.202 for Mac and Windows and 124.0.6367.201 for Linux which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log.The Extended Stable channel has been updated to 124.0.6367.201 for Mac and Windows which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

Hello All,The Stable channel is being updated to 124.0.6367.154 (Platform version: 15823.51.0) for most ChromeOS devices and will be rolled out over the next few days.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 126 (126.0.6465.0) 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.

For years now, Apple has been as much a marketing company as a technology company. But after Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the iPad Pro ad this week, you have to ask whether Apple has lost its marketing mojo.

It’s not often an Apple advertisement bombs, but when it does it generates international attention.

Google is rolling out an update that could transform how you present in Google Meet. As noted by Android Central, live annotations are here for select Workspace users, and they’re bringing a whole new level of interactivity and collaboration to your virtual meetings.

The Pile is a CSS and HTML mini web machine that enables easy and powerful element layering, like how a discard pile or dog pile work, last in is on top.