Pcworld iconPcworldSep 21, 2026 ~1 min source read

Google’s new Googlebooks aren’t AI-first. They’re phone-first

Depending on a series of factors, there's a pretty decent chance that you use it more often than your laptop or desktop PC, especially if you take work out of the equation. Even if a more powerful, flexible, premium take on the Google-top-to-bottom setup of a Chromebook is appealing to you, actually buying into one right now might not sound so great when the cheapest Googlebook you can get is $900.

Google’s new Googlebooks aren’t AI-first. They’re phone-first

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Depending on a series of factors, there's a pretty decent chance that you use it more often than your laptop or desktop PC, especially if you take work out of the equation.

Even if a more powerful, flexible, premium take on the Google-top-to-bottom setup of a Chromebook is appealing to you, actually buying into one right now might not sound so great when the cheapest...

They're better than I thought they would be earlier this year…but still not enough to actually get me excited.

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Depending on a series of factors, there's a pretty decent chance that you use it more often than your laptop or desktop PC, especially if you take work out of the equation. Even if a more powerful, flexible, premium take on the Google-top-to-bottom setup of a Chromebook is appealing to you, actually buying into one right now might not sound so great when the cheapest Googlebook you can get is $900. They're better than I thought they would be earlier this year…but still not enough to actually get me excited.

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  • It runs on an Intel Core or Qualcomm Snapdragon processor (MediaTek is coming later).

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If so, you're the kind of person for whom a Googlebook laptop makes sense. For the rest of you, us, it probably doesn't. It has a keyboard, a touchpad, a touchscreen.

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