Asus is updating its premium Chromebook lineup with a new 14 inch convertible tablet-style laptop featuring a 1920 x 1080 pixel touchscreen display and support for up to an Intel i7-8500Y processor, up to 8GB of RAM, and up to 128GB of storage. The Asus Chromebook Flip C434 measures about 0.6 inches thick and weighs […]
Asus Chromebook Flip C101 hits the US for $299
Don’t feel like spending $1199 on your next convertible Chromebook? Asus has got you covered. After unveiling the Chromebook Flip C101 in May, the company is bringing its new convertible Chromebook with a 10 inch touchscreen display and a 360 degree hinge to the United States. The Chromebook Flip C101 is up for pre-order from […]
Asus Chromebook Flip C101 goes up for pre-order in Japan
The Asus Chromebook Flip C101 is a notebook with a 10.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display and a 360 degree hinge that lets you flip the screen around and hold the compact notebook like a tablet. It’s a modest update to the 2015-era Chromebook Flip C100, with one key difference: the new model has […]
Asus Chromebook Flip C101 is an updated 10 inch convertible
The original Asus Chromebook Flip C100 was an unexpected delight when it launched: a relatively inexpensive 10 inch convertible notebook with Google’s Chrome OS and beta support for Android apps, allowing you to use the device as either a Chromebook or a pseudo Android tablet. Weighing just under 2 pounds, it also didn’t feel crazy […]
Asus Chromebook Flip C101 coming soon
Asus was the first company to launch a convertible Chromebook with a 10.1 inch touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge, and a nearly full-sized keyboard. The original Asus Chromebook Flip C100 was is a reasonably affordable device (you can pick one up for $259 or less), and it was one of the first Chrome OS devices […]
Asus launches Chromebook Flip C302: A premium convertible Chromebook
The original Asus Chromebook Flip was kind of a revelation. Like many Chromebooks, it was basically a cheap computer with Chrome as its operating system rather than Windows. But it was also small, light, and a convertible tablet. Once Google rolled out the ability to run Android apps on a Chrombeook, it was like the […]
Asus Chromebook C302 convertible notebook goes on sale for $499 (Updated)
The Asus Chromebook C302 is a laptop with a 12.5 inch full HD touchscreen display, a Core M3-6Y30 Skylake processor, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. It also has a 360-degree hinge that lets you flip the screen all the way back and use the computer as a tablet. Asus hasn’t officially introduced the […]
Google Play Store now available for (some) Chromebooks on stable channel
You’ve been able to run Android apps on some Chromebooks since June, but when the feature first launched it was only available if your Chromebook was using Chrome 53 Dev Channel. Eventually Google brought support for Android apps to the beta channel, and now Chrome OS 53 Stable supports the Google Play Store and Android […]
How to sideload Android apps on a Chromebook
Now that Chromebooks can run Android apps downloaded from the Google Play Store, you might be wondering whether they can run apps not downloaded from the Play Store. It turns out the answer is yes. For now you have to jump through a few extra hoops to make it happen, but here’s how I managed to […]
Asus convertible Chromebook tablet with Skylake CPU on the way?
The Asus Chromebook Flip was an unusual device when it launched in 2015: it’s one of the first Chromebooks to feature a 10 inch display, and the touchscreen laptop is also one of the first Chrome OS devices to have a tablet mode: flip the screen back 360 degrees and you can hold the Chromebook […]
Chrome OS update makes Android apps on the Chromebook Flip better
Less than a week after releasing the first build of Chrome OS for the Asus Chromebook Flip that lets you run Android apps on the touchscreen laptop, Google has released an update that fixes some of the issues with the first build. The good news is that rotating the screen won’t cause apps to crash anymore. […]
Closer look at Android apps on a Chromebook (video)
Google is bringing Android apps to Chromebooks, and the first model to support the feature is the Asus Chromebook Flip. Soon you’ll be able to run Android apps on the Acer Chromebook R11, Google Chromebook Pixel (2015 model) and many other recent Chrome OS devices. But Google is starting with the Chromebook Flip and the […]