#chromeos

 टेक्नोलोजी जगतमा गुगलले एउटा ठूलो घोषणा गरेको छ। वार्षिक I/O इभेन्ट २०२६ मा गुगलले "गुगलबुक" नामक नयाँ ल्यापटप श्रेणी सार्वजनिक गर्यो जुन ChromeOS र Android को संयोजनमा निर्मित एक प्रिमियम कम्प्युटिङ प्लेटफर्म हो। यसमा Intel, Qualcomm र MediaTek तीनवटै चिपमेकर कम्पनीसँग साझेदारी गरिएको गुगलका भाइस प्रेसिडेन्ट जोन मालेटिसले पुष्टि गरेका छन्।

नयाँ "इन्टेलिजेन्स सिस्टम" गुगलले यो नयाँ प्लेटफर्मलाई परम्परागत अपरेटिङ सिस्टमभन्दा पर "इन्टेलिजेन्स सिस्टम" को रूपमा परिभाषित गरेको छ जसमा AI केवल थपिएको सहायकको रूपमा नभई सम्पूर्ण ल्यापटप अनुभवकै मूल केन्द्र हुनेछ। Gemini Intelligence यसको मुख्य सुविधा हुनेछ, जसले वेब, गुगल खाता र सेवाहरूको जानकारी प्रयोग गरी व्यक्तिगत र सक्रिय सहायता प्रदान गर्नेछ। उल्लेखनीय नयाँ सुविधामध्ये "म्याजिक पोइन्टर" पर्छ जसले कर्सरलाई विशेष तरिकाले सार्दा Gemini-संचालित प्रासंगिक कार्यहरू सुझाउँछ। यसका साथै गुगलबुकले Android एपहरू बिना एमुलेशन नेटिभ रूपमा चलाउन सक्नेछ जसले एप प्रदर्शन र Android स्मार्टफोनसँगको एकीकरण उल्लेखनीय रूपमा सुधारिनेछ।

प्रिमियम हार्डवेयर, ठूला ब्र्यान्डको साझेदारी सबै गुगलबुकमा धातुको बनावट, उच्च-रिजोल्युसन स्क्रिन र "ग्लोबार" नामक RGB लाइट बार हुनेछ। Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP र Lenovo ले यस वर्षको पतन मौसममा पहिलो गुगलबुक मोडेलहरू बजारमा ल्याउने छन् सुरुवाती मूल्य करिब १,००० अमेरिकी डलरबाट शुरू हुने अनुमान छ।

विश्लेषकहरूका अनुसार, गुगलबुकको लक्ष्य सस्तो शिक्षा-केन्द्रित क्रोमबुकको ठाउँ लिनु होइन, बरु Apple सिलिकन म्याकबुक र Windows AI PC हरूले वर्चस्व जमाइरहेको प्रिमियम AI ल्यापटप बजारमा प्रतिस्पर्धा गर्नु हो। यदि सफल भयो भने गुगलबुकले macOS र Windows पछि विश्वको तेस्रो प्रमुख ल्यापटप प्लेटफर्मको रूपमा आफूलाई स्थापित गर्न सक्छ।

Google says it’s still fully committed to Chromebooks, even after recent speculation around a possible “Googlebook” laptop project. The company pushed back on the idea that ChromeOS devices are being replaced or sidelined, saying Chromebooks remain an important part of its hardware and software plans.

Part of the confusion came from reports that Google is developing a more premium laptop experience tied closely to Android and AI features. That sparked questions about whether ChromeOS would eventually fade out in favor of something new. Google’s response was basically that multiple device strategies can exist at the same time, and Chromebooks are still growing in schools, business, and casual everyday use.

The company also pointed to ongoing ChromeOS updates, AI integrations, and partnerships with manufacturers as proof that the platform is still active. It sounds less like a replacement situation and more like Google trying to cover every category at once.

You've probably heard how Google is forcing integration of their AI LLM called Gemini into their softwares. Today I found out how much it has been integrated, as a feature called GLIC, short for Gemini Live in Chrome. Google aims to have Gemini so tightly integrated that you basically cannot do anything without Gemini, up to and including Gemini being able to click links and other options for you (itself?)

Well, I was at work using my required-for-work Chromebook and I was having a few small issues. Me, being me, I checked chrome://flags and found that a number of new flags had been added around Gemini. One allowed for Gemini to be disabled. I did so. ChromeOS rebooted and so far, so normal.

However, when I attempted to open Chrome, the screen went instantly blank and dark. It stayed that way for several seconds and then came back on. GMail still worked, as did the file manager, but any attempt to open Chrome resulted in nothing happening. I tried using the search key to search for the Chrome://flags (reasoning that one or more of the flags was at fault, especially the GLIC flag).

Sure enough Chrome://flags had its banner message about multiple crashes causing the browser to fail, so all flags are off. Which didn't fix a thing. So I unset all of the new GLIC flags, let it restart and all was well.

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Main website is certified to work with a minimum of Firefox 3.5 or Internet Explorer 9

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