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View this email in your browser The best Chromebook deals today: End of the Year edition For at least the foreseeable future, there are going to be great Chromebook deals available. But those deals shift, move and change frequently. In response to this, we try our best to highlight individual deals that are not just a great savings, but a great value as well. But our posts for those deals are […] Read More Save $200 on the HP x360 14c Chromebook Plus direct from HP's website This is not something we generally are able to talk about, so I’m pretty excited to share this particular deal. Most times, Chromebook savings come through retailers like Best Buy, but today we’re actually seeing one of the new Chromebook Plus models on a pretty hefty discount via HP’s site. The HP x360 14c Chromebook […] Read More How to force your Chromebook into the tablet mode UI In preparation for a post I’m working on, I really needed a device that meets a few, specific parameters. First, I needed it to at least be a convertible, and second, I needed it to have the new 12th-gen Intel Core i3-N305. Unfortunately, I don’t think that Chromebook exists just yet, and even if it […] Read More Playing Call of Duty: Warzone on a $149 Chromebook is still awesome The other day, I hopped into a match of Call of Duty: Warzone just to hone my skills a bit, and to my surprise, I actually played quite well. I’ve been playing mobile games so much and rely so heavily on gyro aiming at this point that I’ve become largely useless when it comes to […] Read More All of the new Chromebook Plus models are still stuck on Android 11 It wasn’t that long ago that Android 13 finally began shipping to Chromebooks. The list of the devices that received the update was a little limited, but it felt like the change had been on the way for so long that other devices would be added to the list in short order. As it turns […] Read More We asked the Canary Crew: what's your favorite Chromebook in 2023? [POLL] In case you missed it, we just recently put together our list of the best Chromebooks that you can buy right now, in 2023. It’s a comprehensive list of Chromebooks in all form factors and prices, but we wanted to know what our Canary Crew thought, so we put out a poll in our Discord […] Read More Why I picked up (and am in love with) the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 I used to be far worse with phones. I swear I was. I worked for Sprint before starting Chrome Unboxed and that was right around the time Chromebooks became an actual thing; albeit with a very quiet existence. At that time, my tech obsession (along with everyone else) was smartphones. The market was volatile, the […] Read More OMG! Can you find Taylor Swift in Google's new scavenger hunt game? Google is back at it with another fun, interactive game that you can easily play right in your browser. To help celebrate 25 years of the most-searched people and places, Google has built a fantastic game that transforms the most searched topics into a captivating digital scavenger hunt. The game is called The Most Searched […] Read More Google needs to show the ChromeOS tablet UI some serious love, and soon Have you used a Chromebook tablet recently? I’d wager if you don’t own a Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3 or 5, there’s a solid chance the answer to that question is a clear no. Those who have convertible Chromebooks should be using the tablet UI from time to time, but I’d say the number that actually […] Read More The Lenovo Slim 3 Chromebook is still $149 if you know where to look It was inevitable that a bunch of Chromebook deals aimed at Christmas shoppers would dry up once December 25th came and went. That’s just part of the ebb and flow of Chromebook deals, but one bargain that disappeared from Best Buy shelves today that hurt a bit more than the others was the fantastic $149 […] Read More The new ASUS Chromebook CM30 tablet looks impressive on sweet new landing page Towards the end of 2023, ASUS has started a bit of a new trend for announcing and launching their Chromebooks: they just drop a press release and see what happens. We saw this play out a couple of weeks ago with the newly-announced ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook Plus, and before that bit of news, ASUS quietly […] Read More Save big on the upgraded Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3 with 8GB of RAM This is a deal we don’t see too often and that is primarily due to the fact that this particular version of the Duet 3 isn’t out in standard consumer channels the way it’s 4GB brother is on a daily basis. But in one of the key ways the Duet 3 feels inferior to the […] Read More 10 tips to get started using your new Chromebook [VIDEO] There’s no doubt about it: more and more regular consumers are picking up Chromebooks. Based on the data that we have, I’d imagine many of you gifted or received a new Chromebook for Christmas this year, and that means there are more people than ever are out there doing their best to learn how to […] Read More YouTube TV is finally adding the previous channel shortcut I've always wanted In recent years, we’ve witnessed a significant shift in the way we watch TV. As traditional cable TV services are gradually replaced by more flexible and modern solutions, YouTube TV has emerged as a frontrunner. My whole family is now on YouTube TV but I can remember loading it up for the first time with […] Read More How to try out the new window-snapping overview feature on your Chromebook Two of my favorite productivity tools built right into ChromeOS and into the Chromebook you may own are the wildly-useful overview mode and window-snapping feature. On their own, these abilities give Chromebook users a way to see all their open windows in a quick glance and help them arrange those windows in a multitude of […] Read More Google is oddly rebranding Nearby Share for some untold reason It’s funny, just the other day I found myself remarking just how good Nearby Share has become. Since its humble beginnings on Android devices, this service has expanded to Chromebooks and Windows PCs to give users a simple, easy way to get files from one device to another. As a late but competent answer to […] Read More Best Buy's biggest Chromebook deals have a 12/25 expiration date It’s no secret that we keep up with Chromebook deals around here. We even have a post that is updated frequently to reflect the best deals you can get on any given day. As 2023 has shown us, you can expect big savings on a very regular basis with Chromebooks, but you never quite know […] Read More The Chrome Cast 251: the wildly-encouraging state of affordable Chromebooks On this episode of The Chrome Cast, we begin by talking about the amazing deals out there right now for Chromebooks under $300, and the conversation simply took off from that point. We’re in a stage in the Chromebook story where Chromebook Plus is a relevant player in the overall narrative that is driving prices […] Read More These new icons are a hidden ChromeOS feature I absolutely love For the past couple updates of ChromeOS, a new feature showed up that is quiet, out of the way, and has now become indispensable to my daily workflow. That feature is what I’ll simply call Multi-Paste Icons, and it has made the simple task of copying and pasting content from one place to the next […] Read More Chromebooks, PWAs and the Play Store: why we need a way to force Android app downloads Back in 2020, Google began introducing the ability for app developers to push their PWA to Chromebooks from the Play Store instead of the Android app. And I 100% love this decision. In many cases, PWAs (progressive web apps) are a far better experience on the desktop and work much smoother with the overall way […] Read More Google's new Video Boost is both awesome and mostly impractical Over the past week or so, I’ve been giving Google’s Video Boost for Pixel 8 Pro a try, and I’ve been both impressed and frustrated by it. Google’s lagged behind Apple for years with phone-based video creation, and I think Video Boost is a novel way for Google – largely a software/services company – to […] Read More Our favorite budget Chromebooks under $300 Here at Chrome Unboxed, we’re dedicated to helping you make informed purchase decisions. We have spent countless hours researching, testing, and evaluating Chromebooks so that we can help our readers find the perfect Chromebook for them. While we like to indulge in expensive devices like the elegant Dragonfly Pro Chromebook, we understand that for many […] Read More Chrome 120 arrives with Saved Tab Groups, enhanced Safety Check, and more Chrome 120 for desktop is set to arrive shortly and with it comes a few nice feature upgrades that further enhance the performance and safety of Chrome for users across all desktop platforms. Obviously, other bug fixes and security patches are along for the ride, too, but let’s look at a few of the key […] Read More 10 ways AI is being used on Chromebooks right now Back in October at the Chromebook Plus Event, the ChromeOS team did something they don’t normally do: they gave us a look at some new features that would be “coming soon” to Chromebook Plus models. These new features were all centered around bringing Google’s AI capabilities directly to ChromeOS and Chromebook Plus models and will […] Read More At just $229, the Lenovo Flex 3i Chromebook is an absolute steal Of all the Chromebooks that emerged in 2023, the Lenovo Flex 3i Chromebook was one of the first out of the gate that ended up being an absolute favorite all year. Though we’ve still yet to see the full onslaught of more affordable Chromebooks with the Intel N100/N200/N305 inside as I predicted after seeing the […] Read More The WhatsApp Android app has become fantastic on Chromebook I’ve been using WhatsApp across the board since the demise of Allo (remember Google’s Allo?) in 2018. In that time, I’ve largely relied on the web version for messaging from my Chromebook and things have been relatively good from that standpoint. Sure, the web version is less capable than the actual app, but it really […] Read More Account-based Fast Pair quietly arrives for Chromebooks [VIDEO] With all the drama and instability surrounding the roll-out of ChromeOS 119, it was bound to happen that we’d miss a few details here and there. I said as much when we covered some of the new stuff in the 119 update, and it turns out I was right. In the midst of new features […] Read More Nevermind: no rush to convert your Stadia controller by 2024 It’s sort of funny when “hard deadlines” simply vanish and get pushed down the road. In the case of the Stadia controller Bluetooth conversion deadline that has been in place for well over a year at this point, it seems Google isn’t too worried about sticking to its guns on the self-imposed deadline of December […] Read More Lenovo's most popular Chromebook tablet gets a sweet last-minute discount Don’t look now, but what is likely the most popular Chromebook in 2023 (even though it was released in 2022) – the Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 – is once again on sale and it’s just in time for last-minute Christmas shopping. And even better, the update fiasco that has plagued this tablet is no longer […] Read More Google makes Pixel repairs far easier and safer with new tools We will inevitably all drop our phones and crack the screen at some point. Or maybe something like the speakers will randomly stop working. Stronger glass on the screens and better build materials thankfully make these occurrences less frequent but they do happen and for Pixel users, you now have more repair options. In a […] 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.