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Google announces Googlebooks with Gemini Intelligence focus
At The Android Show today, Google previewed Googlebooks as a new category of laptops that takes the best of Android and ChromeOS. Google shared three tentpoles behind Googlebooks, starting with how it’s built with Gemini Intelligence at the core. These AI features are meant to provide “personal and proactive help when and where you need it.” Magic Pointer lets you “Select anything to ask Gemini.” After wiggling the cursor, pointing at something will show “quick, contextual suggestions.” It also lets you add anything on your screen to a Gemini prompt. Point at a date in an email to set up a meeting, or select two images — like your living room and a new couch — to instantly visualize them together. It lets you go from idea to I’m done in just a few clicks. Another Gemini Intelligence feature is Create My Widget. Also coming to phones, this generative UI capability lets you place custom pieces of information on your desktop. It draws from the web and your Gmail, Calendar, and other Google apps. There’s a guided creation process or the ability to enter a prompt. Planning a family reunion in Berlin? Gemini can organize your flight and hotel information, restaurant reservations, and even a countdown in a single, helpful spot on your desktop, making your desktop your truly personalized home. The second tentpole is how Googlebooks fit with your Android phone. Cast my apps lets you access any application on your phone on the laptop’s bigger screen. For instance, what if you’re in the zone on your laptop but start to get hungry? You can tap a phone app, get that order out quickly and get back to it. Or if you get a reminder for your daily Duolingo language lesson, you can pop over and finish it without ever leaving your screen. Quick Access enables you to retrieve files no matter where they are stored. The file browser on Googlebooks lets you browse the files on your phone and insert from your laptop. Finally, Google is working with Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo on Googlebooks. Coming in a variety of shapes and sizes, every device is said to be “built with premium craftsmanship and materials.” All Googlebooks will feature a distinctive “Glowbar” — in a throwback — that is “both functional and beautiful.” That said, Google hasn’t specified the capabilities of this light bar. In terms of the user interface, Google didn’t really go into detail today, but there are several shots. The time, day, and date appear in the top-left, with app notification icons ...
Google announces the Googlebook, a new breed of Gemini PCs
Welcome to the world, Googlebook. Google announced the new eponymous category of AI laptops at the Android Show: I/O Edition on Tuesday. Think of it as the lovechild of a Chromebook and a Copilot+ PC, Microsoft's term for AI-designed Windows laptops."Over 15 years ago, we introduced the Chromebook, a laptop built for a cloud-first world," Google Senior Director Alex Kuscher said in a blog post. "Now, as computing shifts from an operating system to an intelligence system, we see an opportunity to rethink laptops again."When the first models are released in the fall, Googlebooks will run Android apps like Chromebooks, but they'll place a heavier emphasis on features powered by Gemini, Google's AI assistant. Kuscher said Googlebooks are "the first laptops designed from the ground up for Gemini Intelligence." You May Also Like The Googlebook will let users create their own widgets with AI. Credit: Google It also sounds like Googlebooks will have a different operating system, one that's not ChromeOS. Google hasn't specified which one, just that it'll be "a modern OS that’s designed for Intelligence," wrote Kuscher. He's almost certainly talking about Project Aluminum, Google's rumored ChromeOS x Android mashup.Chromebooks have been gaining more integrated AI tools in recent years, so it makes sense that Google is finally going full-send on proper AI PCs. Whether consumers actually want them is another story.Mashable 101 Fan Fave: Vote for your favorite creator today! Mashable Light Speed Googlebook features The Googlebook's 'Magic Pointer' in action. Credit: Google Googlebooks will support a "Magic Pointer" cursor feature that uses Gemini to understand and act upon onscreen content. You can activate it just by wiggling your cursor. "Point at a date in an email to set up a meeting, or select two images — like your living room and a new couch — to instantly visualize them together," said Kuscher, describing two hypothetical use cases.Googlebooks will also have a "Create your Widget" tool that lets the user make custom widgets with Gemini prompts. Google said the new laptops will integrate seamlessly with Android phones. While they can run Android apps themselves, you can also cast apps onto them from mobile devices without needing to download anything. Additionally, a "Quick Access" feature lets you view and search files on your phone right from a Googlebook. Stay tuned for Googlebook hardware deets A Touch ID-like key on an unreleased Googlebook laptop. C...
Google unveils Googlebooks, a new line of AI-native laptops
The company says Googlebooks, which are launching this fall, are the first laptops designed from the ground up for Gemini Intelligence to offer personal and proactive help.
Google Unveils New Googlebook Laptops With Gemini Intelligence, Magic ...
Google on Tuesday unveiled the Googlebook, its new category of laptops, during the Android Show I/O Edition. The latest AI-focused laptops designed on Gemini Intelligence combine Google's app store and browser. The newly launched devices are compatible with Android smartphones and feature Magic Pointer, which offers quick access to Gemini.
