Google Opens $899 Googlebook Pre-Orders as Gemini Push Targets 50 Million Chromebook Users
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Updated · TechCrunch · Sep 21
Google Opens $899 Googlebook Pre-Orders as Gemini Push Targets 50 Million Chromebook Users
3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Sep 21
Summary
$899 Googlebooks are now available for pre-order, with U.S. retail sales starting Oct. 4 and launches in seven other markets from Oct. 5.
Google is pitching the laptop as an AI-first step beyond Chromebooks, running Android with desktop Chrome and Gemini features such as Magic Cursor, Rambler dictation cleanup, Gemini Live and Spark.
The package includes 12 months of Google AI Pro, 5TB of cloud storage and up to 10 years of updates, alongside hardware from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo.
About 50 million Chromebooks are used in schools, and Google has said many existing Chromebook users could eventually transition to the new Googlebook experience.