I got to see Google’s wild ideas about the future of laptops

<figure> <img alt="A person using an Acer Googlebook 14 laptop on a wood table." data-caption="Googlebooks look like fancy Chromebooks at first, but there are interesting software ideas. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/268755_Google_event_Acer_Googlebook_14_ADiBenedetto_0001_6d6558.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Googlebooks look like fancy Chromebooks at first, but there are interesting software ideas. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">There are a few things about using a Googlebook that immediately feel just right. The hardware is polished (since it's based on current laptops). The OS is familiar (if you've ever used a Chromebook). But most impressive, it integrates your Android phone with your PC so they feel more like one device. It's the culmination of a series of new ideas that blur the two devices together. After my first look, I went from <a href="https://www.theverge.com/report/929374/google-googlebook-laptops-aluminium-os-questions-concerns-ai-gemini">doubtful</a> to excited by the prospect of Google pulling it all off.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">After an <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/928479/google-googlebook-laptops-android-tease-aluminium-chromebook">initial barebones announcement</a> in May, Google is finally launching Googlebooks - its new line of Android-based laptops. The initial five Googlebook models …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/997986/google-googlebooks-android-laptops-dell-hp-lenovo-acer-asus-price-specs">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>