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Google FINALLY Created a Laptop Made for Android Fans

The name might be a mouthful of Os, but Googlebooks might be the perfect premium laptops to take on Apple and Microsoft. 0:00 Intro 0:46 What is a Googlebook 1:29 Magic Pointer 1:42 Create My Widget 2:37 Googlebooks out in the Fall 3:04 Build Quality 4:30 Future of Chromebooks 4:53 Project Aluminium is Dead, Long…

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The name might be a mouthful of Os, but Googlebooks might be the perfect premium laptops to take on Apple and Microsoft.

0:00 Intro
0:46 What is a Googlebook
1:29 Magic Pointer
1:42 Create My Widget
2:37 Googlebooks out in the Fall
3:04 Build Quality
4:30 Future of Chromebooks
4:53 Project Aluminium is Dead, Long Live Googlebooks
5:03 Tell Us What You Think!

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28 Comments

  1. @Digitalmedia4less

    May 12, 2026 at 4:56 pm

    Damn finally, I only have one leg in the grave before they decide to do this, and I’m 65 😂.

  2. @YPSOFICTO

    May 12, 2026 at 4:57 pm

    we have a show called Gogglebox here in the UK, I wonder if anyone at Google was aware of this

  3. @dplj4428

    May 12, 2026 at 4:59 pm

    How much did gov and data centers buy up of Google businesses?

  4. @dplj4428

    May 12, 2026 at 5:00 pm

    mediatek, i like.

  5. @evionlast

    May 12, 2026 at 5:04 pm

    Perfect couldn’t be better that’s what everyone needs only happy customers from now on, Except… AI is a scam, sure it will fire like a machine gun bullet’s of code and text summaries but if you trust that… well, get ready to suffer either by overpaying or by overworking the simplest things. AI is mediocre at best, so are most of us humans but we have our moments right?

  6. @jacobortega3424

    May 12, 2026 at 5:04 pm

    No one is going to be buying googlebooks unless they compete with macbook neos or airs.

    • @keithframe3489

      May 12, 2026 at 9:13 pm

      the main problem is, neo and air are full fledge desktop OS, whereas googlebook is just an android – neo/air are far more capable

  7. @turnright1131

    May 12, 2026 at 5:19 pm

    The name is terrible

  8. @georgewashington3012

    May 12, 2026 at 5:30 pm

    Sounds like a perfect storm of OS Slop with AI shoved in everywhere just because.

  9. @MrMonkey0016

    May 12, 2026 at 5:40 pm

    MacBook nah bro Googlebook — yeah I’d liked it if it was called Gbook much cooler!!

  10. @destructodisk9074

    May 12, 2026 at 5:57 pm

    Alright Google has the market figured out! Just in time when everyone was looking for higher priced laptops, with AI slapped all over it. And just what everyone wants on their expensive laptops, mobile apps! With a mix of x86 thrown in, I am sure the software compatibility will be amazing.

    You go Google, don’t stick to anything, just keep throwing spaghetti at the wall, that is how you build up a customer base.

  11. @DariusRoland

    May 12, 2026 at 5:58 pm

    I hate the awful AI infestation. It would be a different thing if AI actually offered some tangible benefit to users, but too often it’s wrong, slow, and Google is going to tie it down with a subscription model (which is ALWAYS terrible) as soon as people have no choice but to use it.

  12. @SaveTheInternet25

    May 12, 2026 at 6:10 pm

    Dude sounds like arlo a lil bit

  13. @Marqgtfoh

    May 12, 2026 at 6:30 pm

    The ai assistant wars are heating up

  14. @nuyou21

    May 12, 2026 at 6:48 pm

    Face it, this MacBook, sorry, GoogleBook is gonna be another Google laptop headed to the Google graveyard of failed cancelled products next year. 😂

    • @keithframe3489

      May 12, 2026 at 9:14 pm

      AI slop of a laptop. Who wants this?

  15. @lapiswolf2780

    May 12, 2026 at 6:52 pm

    I can already see the wiggle gesture opening Gemini being a constant point of annoyance when Gemini tried to do something with your programme when you’re just moving the cursor or trying to decide what you’re going to do next.

  16. @minhlede

    May 12, 2026 at 7:04 pm

    i like the wedge shape

  17. @harrisonbergeron9119

    May 12, 2026 at 7:07 pm

    “Googlebooks” is a silly name for a silly product made by a silly company fully of silly people making other silly products – or not.

  18. @axe-z8316

    May 12, 2026 at 8:11 pm

    They announced vapor hardware to try to stop the tide

  19. @white-board-guy

    May 12, 2026 at 8:17 pm

    This is nothing but an AI slop re-brand for chromebooks.

  20. @neilfordan

    May 12, 2026 at 8:30 pm

    If this still have compatibility issues with current most used apps it will not go anywhere. Ai slop won’t be able to save it. Windows really need a serious alternative. Not just a glorified browser.

  21. @janmdsdks

    May 12, 2026 at 8:33 pm

    Apple should make an Applebook to compete lol

    • @keithframe3489

      May 12, 2026 at 9:07 pm

      they already have macbook neo – it can run ios app.

  22. @ImperfectStorm

    May 12, 2026 at 8:39 pm

    made to gather your data and help you create slop. better call it slopbook.

  23. @neilfordan

    May 12, 2026 at 8:40 pm

    Not really looking forward to this especially with the heavy emphasis on ai slop. I just want a normal laptop that doesn’t get in your way. Doesn’t fight you. Can run your apps so you can do your work properly. I think google is missing a real opportunity here. They should emphasize on app compatibility, and reliability.

  24. @tatendalesliejambwa7081

    May 12, 2026 at 9:04 pm

    This could be a huge success, or fail.
    If you use an Android phone, thinking about the ecosystem is quite exciting.
    Premium, I don’t know if that’s a good or a bad thing.
    Pricing might be an important factor as well, provided the MacBooks exist (from the Neo to the Pro) that are used by pretty much everyone, video editors, programmers, students, etc. Are Googlebooks going to do all that?
    The name, not cool bro 😂

  25. @keithframe3489

    May 12, 2026 at 9:04 pm

    Windows 11 getting trashed for forcing AI, and now Google create a laptop with AI OS. Are they really paying attention? No one wants this.

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