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Updated 21/09/2026, 16:25:14 UTC

Googlebook is drawing attention across 2 news outlets right now. The reports below are the current coverage, newest first.

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TechnologyTechCrunch2h ago

Google’s $899 Googlebook is a bet that you’ll buy a new laptop for Gemini

Google’s AI-native Googlebook ties Gemini to the cursor, dictation, widgets and other parts of the desktop experience.

TechnologyThe Verge3h ago

These are the first five Googlebook laptops

Google and partners are finally announcing the first laptops under the new Googlebook banner. There are five models from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo to kick things off. They're available for preorder starting today and arrive in stores on October 4th. Starting prices range from $899 to $1,299, putting the Googlebooks in the same […]

TechnologyThe Verge3h ago

The long dream of the Googlebook

In late 2010, an up-and-coming Google executive named Sundar Pichai took the stage in front of a bunch of reporters and explained that Google had a big new idea about laptops. In the future, he said, the only thing you'd need on your computer was a web browser - that was where all your apps, […]

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