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# Chromebook

Googlebook will improve support for Linux apps eventually, but it's all about AI for now

Googlebook was always going to run into problems with app availability, but few expected the platform to regress its support for Linux apps from Chromebook’s fairly robust solution.

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9to5Google ·yesterday

If a Chromebook wasn't for you, Googlebook isn't either

Let’s not pretend; if you weren’t sold on a Chromebook, Googlebook isn’t for you either. In our review of Googlebook as a platform, Abner Li explains how this platform sets a foundation for a potentially fascinating…

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The Verge ·3 days ago

How LeapPad worked — and why it was so huge

For multiple years, the hottest toy in the United States was a book. But not just any book: a smart book that could play sounds and respond to taps and help kids learn to read.

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9to5Google ·5 days ago

Googlebook's app situation is a mess, and not just because things are missing

Having been using a Googlebook for the better part of a week, there are any number of headaches I could talk about, but easily the biggest problem I’m running into thus far is the app situation. Frankly, it’s a mess.

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9to5Google ·5 days ago

Googlebook's hidden 'Glowbar Disco' turns your laptop's lid into a light show — how to find it

Buried in the settings of Googlebook is a “Glowbar Disco” app that activates the LEDs on your laptop constantly, instead of leaving it blank.

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9to5Google ·6 days ago

Logitech brings its mouse & keyboard controller to Googlebook, supports Magic Pointer

Logitech has just launched its Logi Options+ app for Googlebook, bringing support for controlling its keyboard and wireless mice to the Android-based platform.

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9to5Google ·7 days ago

Googlebook Glowbar doesn't have the 'knock-knock' Chromebook Pixel battery gesture

One of the beloved features of Google’s original big push into laptops, the Chromebook Pixel, is getting a revival in Googlebook’s Glowbar, but it very much feels like a hollow version of what came before.

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Android Authority ·7 days ago

Googlebooks have a Linux app problem that even budget Chromebooks solved years ago

Googlebooks have a Linux app problem that even budget Chromebooks solved years ago Oct 7, 2026 — 4:13 AM ET - Googlebook laptops reportedly don’t have the same user-friendly approach to installing and running Linux apps…