Learn Side Past Times Side Footstep Inward The Chrome Bone Journey

Last yr nosotros announced
a novel form of computer
This is the side past times side step

All of you lot haiku fans (like many of us on the Chrome team) tin halt here; the residual tin read on for to a greater extent than details.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 yr agone nosotros introduced a novel model of computing with the launch of Chromebooks. We’ve heard from many of you lot who’ve enjoyed the speed, simplicity together with safety of your Chromebooks at home, at schoolhouse or at work. (Thanks for all the wonderful feedback together with stories!) Today, nosotros wanted to part around developments with you—new hardware, a major software update together with many to a greater extent than robust apps—as nosotros maintain on our journeying to brand computers much better.

Next-generation devices
Our partner Samsung has simply announced a novel Chromebook together with the industry’s commencement Chromebox. Like its predecessor, the newest Chromebook is a fast together with portable laptop for everyday users. The Chromebox is a compact, powerful together with versatile desktop perfect for the dwelling menage or office.

Speed
Speed is integral to the Chrome experience. The novel Chromebook together with Chromebox, based on Intel Core processors, are nearly iii times equally fast equally the first-generation Chromebooks. And back upwards for hardware-accelerated graphics, a built-from-scratch multi-touch trackpad together with an open-source firmware stack furnish a much faster together with to a greater extent than responsive computing experience. The novel Chromebook boots inward less than 7 seconds together with resumes instantly. With the Chromebox, you lot tin move on a video conference spell continuing to play your favorite role-playing game on the side.

An app-centric user interface
With the novel user interface you lot tin easily uncovering together with launch apps, together with usage them amongst your browser or other apps. You tin pivot commonly-used apps for quick access, display multiple windows side-by-side or sense your favorite apps inward full-screen fashion without whatsoever distractions.

Be much to a greater extent than productive...or not

Get to a greater extent than materials done, online or offline: With the built-in mightiness to stance Microsoft Office files together with dozens of the most mutual file formats, you lot tin access all your content without the hassle of installing additional software. Google Drive makes it slowly to create, shop together with part with simply i click. Drive volition move seamlessly integrated with the File Manager together with back upwards offline access with the side past times side liberate of Chrome OS inward vi weeks. With Google Docs offline back upwards (rolling out over the side past times side few weeks), you lot tin maintain working on your documents fifty-fifty when offline together with seamlessly sync dorsum upwards when you lot re-connect. In addition, at that spot are hundreds of offline-capable spider web apps inward the Chrome Web Store.
Have to a greater extent than fun: The revamped media actor together with a built-in photograph editor together with uploader enable you lot to easily play together with contend your personal media collections. Through the Chrome Web Store, you lot tin access amusement apps such equally Google Play, Netflix, Kindle Cloud Reader together with Pandora, together with thousands of games including pop games similar Angry Birds together with console titles such equally Bastion.
Carry your other computers...inside your Chromebook: With Chrome Remote Desktop Beta, you lot tin at nowadays securely connect to your PC or Mac from your Chromebook or Chromebox. With the underlying VP8 technology, it’s virtually similar you’re inward forepart of your other computers inward existent time.

The (always) novel computer
We’ve released 8 stable updates over the past times year, adding a disclose of major features together with hundreds of improvements to all Chromebooks through our seamless auto-update mechanism. There’s a lot to a greater extent than on the way, together with then all you lot ask to practise is sit down dorsum together with relish the benefits of the (always) novel computer.

For those who desire to endeavor the Chromebook together with Chromebox first-hand, we’re expanding the Chrome Zone sense centers. In the U.S., Chromebooks volition move available to endeavor out inward choose Best Buy stores inward the coming weeks. In the U.K., they’re at nowadays available inward a growing listing of PC World together with Currys stores.

Starting today, you lot tin larn the novel Chromebook together with Chromebox from our online retail partners inward the United States of America of America together with U.K., together with inward other choose countries over the coming weeks.

Posted past times Linus Upson, Vice President, Engineering together with Caesar Sengupta, Director of Product Management

(Cross-posted from the Chrome Blog)