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Google stepped into The Android Show with a laptop nobody saw coming, an AI layer that does your errands, and a security overhaul that's long overdue.

The highlight of this year’s Android Show was Googlebooks, a new line of laptops running Android. They can cast apps from Android phones, pull files directly from a connected Android device, and offer contextual AI suggestions using the mouse pointer. Google says the first of these Chromebook successors are “coming this fall.”

Google's Big Bet: Adding Native Android App Support to Chrome Could Result in a Robust OS

Qualcomm group general manager Alex Katouzian and Google head of Android Sameer Samat chatted with CNET's David Lumb at Snapdragon Summit 2025. Google's plans for its Android phone software have been clear: Grow the role of its Gemini AI assistant to ...

Need more AI in your life? Googlebooks from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo arrive in the fall, built 'from the ground up for Gemini Intelligence.'