Google Launches $899 Googlebook With Gemini AI as Samsung DeX Challenges Its Android Laptop Pitch
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Updated · Android Police · Nov 1
Google Launches $899 Googlebook With Gemini AI as Samsung DeX Challenges Its Android Laptop Pitch
1 articles · Updated · Android Police · Nov 1
Summary
$899 Googlebook laptops pair Android 17 with Gemini AI and deep phone-to-PC syncing, giving Pixel and other Android users access to apps, files and notifications on a full laptop.
Google is pitching premium hardware and 10 years of support, but the launch lands with a software gap: more than 300 of the 10,000-plus most-used Android apps still are not optimized for Intel Googlebooks.
Samsung DeX remains the closest benchmark because it has offered an Android desktop mode since 2017 and comes included on supported Galaxy devices, often eliminating the need to buy a second computer.
That comparison sharpens Googlebook's pricing problem, with Chromebook Plus models already offering Gemini features and Android app support for roughly $369 to $799.
The broader question is whether Google can justify another premium laptop platform after past hardware retreats and while it still has not clarified how far existing Chromebooks will be upgraded to Googlebook OS.