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View this email in your browser This wild, new feature coming to Chromebooks takes window-splitting to the next level For as long as I can remember, Chromebooks have had window-split features of some sort. They started out simple, but the simple act of dragging a window to one side of the display and having it auto-split to half of the screen has been part of the ChromeOS experience for a very long time. Early […] Read More Google Slides will now show you everyone's cursor in real-time like Microsoft Loop Many collaboration tools like Microsoft Loop have, since their inception, shown you the mouse cursor of your team members who are adding and editing a document with you in real-time. Now, Google Slides is catching up with the times. In a new Workspace Updates blog post today, the company announced just this, with a splash […] Read More YouTube Music digs into its inner 90s angsty teen soul and adds mood filters for crying, more Remember when mixtapes were our go-to for capturing every emotion? I personally had Linkin Park Meteora burnt onto a disc along with Fallout Boy and Blink 182 for when I had a crappy day. YouTube Music, just dug into our 90s angsty teenager souls and ripped out a feature we invented 20-30 years ago. The […] Read More At long last, Google's Tab Groups actually save, and it's the final piece to my productivity puzzle Two months ago, I grumbled about how Chrome’s much-touted Tab Groups Save feature was, to put it bluntly, completely busted and useless. It promised to let users save groups of tabs, collapse them, and then restore them later. However, not every online find belongs on your Reading List. Moreover, many tabs, particularly those used for […] Read More Acer Chromebook Vero 514 deal: powerful, eco-friendly and $150 off When we hear terms like eco-friendly, sustainable, or green, it’s easy to dismiss them as mere marketing jargon. But every so often, a product comes along that not only delivers on these labels but also packs an exceptional user experience. Acer’s Chromebook Vero is one of those devices, and there’s no doubting that they have […] Read More The next Chromecast with Google TV could get a solid performance upgrade We’ve already heard rumblings of a new Chromecast with Google TV, but my initial reaction to that news was mostly a bit of confusion. With the new Onn. Google TV box at Walmart giving users 4K with the full-blown Google TV interface, what is Google left to do in this space to command their standard […] Read More [U] Zoom drops support for Nest Hub Max, Meet no longer lets you join via codes and links Update September 18, 2023 at 2:55 PM – Google has reached out with a correction to Meet being removed from Nest Hub Max clarifying with the following statement: There is no change to making 1:1 and group video calls to friends, family and businesses with Google Meet.  What’s changing at the end of September is […] Read More Quick look at the new Metal Slim band coming for the Pixel Watch 2 As we approach the now-official release of the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel Watch 2, there aren’t many details left to the imagination for Google’s upcoming hardware event on October 4th. However, a new band that we’ve been expecting has made an appearance over on 9to5 Google, and this new Metal Slim strap […] Read More ChromeOS shows off working Game Dashboard with mouse and keyboard controls for your games Back in February, I wrote about the new ‘Control Overlays’ beta for mouse and keyboard support in games played on ChromeOS. When it was announced, I tested it out with RuneScape, as well as several other titles, and it continuously crashed. Clearly, it wasn’t ready for prime time yet, despite how exciting it was that […] Read More Ztype by Phoboslab is a super satisfying way to kill some time, is worth a try for the whole family A friend of mine recently introduced me to this game, ZTYPE by Phoboslab. It’s set in space, and you type out words to shoot down oncoming enemy ships. Sounds simple, but as you dive deeper, the words get trickier and the ships, faster. I made it to wave 11, feeling quite proud of that. My […] Read More Join our Patreon community and get access to things like behind-the-scenes footage, early access to videos, private Discord server access, an ad-free experience on the mobile and desktop versions of the website, your name listed on all our YouTube videos, and monthly live stream Q&A. CLICK HERE to be a part of our community.  Copyright © 2023 Unboxed Media, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Unboxed Media 111 W Dixie Ave Ste 200 Elizabethtown, KY 42701-1410 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.