What Is A Googlebook?

Yesterday Google announced the Googlebook, which appears to be a new type of laptop based on the ChromeOS and Android merger and, of course, powered by AI. Some reports are indicating that this could be the phase-out of ChromeOS, which I would be in favor of but may not be the best decision for Google financially; having an OS where AI is at the core may make schools and the annoying “anti-AI people” decide not to buy. This Googlebook will be made by multiple companies, kind of like the Nexus phone of old, but from the photos, it looks to be a high-quality laptop.

So, what is at the core of this laptop and why am I excited for it? Well, as sad but true as it may seem, this time last year, at the onset of the Mi6 era, I made the observation that there were people on a MacBook typing on Google Docs. YouTuber MrWhoseTheBoss made the same observation, noting that 98% of his work is done on Google Docs. For people who are pro-AI like me, but most of my work is sadly done in a browser or browser-adjacent tasks, a laptop that is built for this with high-quality specs would be interesting to say the least.

This, coupled with hopefully Gemini built into the OS, means the features that technically already exist, like Gemini in Chrome, Google Lens, and the Gemini website (which are all laggy on my Windows PC), should load faster and be more fluid as it is a core component of the operating system literally built into the cursor.

And because I use the applications Motion Ninja and Instagram Edits to edit video, native Android integration would be a game-changer with this laptop. Of course, I would lose out on running VMs for cybersecurity, full Microsoft Word access, and some legacy programs (bye-bye Encarta and Britannica), but for the average person, this seems to be an interesting buy.