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We\u2019ve been hearing about Google\u2019s behind-the-scenes work to move its laptop efforts over to Android, but now that we\u2019ve seen \u201cGooglebook,\u201d I\u2019m not really sure I\u2019m sold yet. Honestly, I don\u2019t think Google has shown any reason for these laptops to exist at all.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this week, \u201cGooglebook\u201d was the big reveal of \u201cThe Android Show,\u201d where Google also talked about new features coming to Android later this year. There\u2019s quite a bit to be excited about, but the company\u2019s new laptop effort is perhaps at the bottom of the list for me.<\/p>\n

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Well, I don\u2019t think Google has really shown anything of substance yet. So let\u2019s break it down bit-by-bit. Google\u2019s announcement <\/a>starts by talking about how \u201cGooglebook\u201d is the merger of Android and ChromeOS, \u201cbuilt with Gemini\u2019s helpfulness at its core.\u201d Gemini is obviously<\/em> the main driver here, with Google next showing off how its new \u201cMagic Pointer\u201d cursor can activate Gemini and interact with what\u2019s on screen with just a wiggle gesture. That idea in itself is actually pretty good \u2013 Gemini\u2019s tools are best served with the context of what you\u2019re acutally looking at, so easier access is great. But it\u2019s also the only<\/em> new feature Google actually showed off and, even then, it\u2019s coming to the Chrome browser too<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Outside of Magic Pointer, the rest of the \u201cGooglebook\u201d preview includes \u201cCreate your Widget\u201d support, a feature also coming to Android phones. \u201cGooglebook\u201d will also be able to mirror apps from your phone and offer \u201cQuick Access\u201d to files from your Android phone, the latter feature having existed on ChromeOS for a few years now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And\u2026 that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

The annoucnement ends talking about \u201cpremium hardware\u201d and the \u201cGlow Bar\u201d that will be the signature \u201cGooglebook\u201d hardware feature. <\/p>\n

As first impressions go, this is not good. Google has shown off new laptop efforts centered around a blown-up Android experience and a \u201ckiller feature\u201d that\u2019s just going to be added to Chrome anyway. Unsurprisingly, the whole pitch as it stands today feels like Google\u2019s way of building an AI laptop, but I think this fundamentally fails to grasp what people are buying a laptop for in 2026.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re all carrying around powerful computers in our pockets, all of which are capable (to varying degrees) of AI tasks. AI, generally speaking, doesn\u2019t care about the device you use it on. So Google\u2019s demos of being able to combine images a bit more quickly doesn\u2019t really do much to sell me on using AI on a laptop, and I don\u2019t think I\u2019m alone there. As mentioned, the smartphone is powerful now, and especially for younger generations, the smartphone is the<\/em> device that gets everything done. Laptops, in that world, exist as a tool for what a smartphone isn\u2019t capable of, whether that be more advanced tasks such as video\/photo editing, or being more efficient tools for things like taking notes. By the very nature of being a laptop, \u201cGooglebook\u201d will have no problems with the latter, but it\u2019s the former I\u2019m more worried about.<\/p>\n

Android is a powerful and capable operating system, but unless Google is making big<\/em> moves to bring in the desktop-class apps that laptop buyers expect \u2013 the proper Adobe suite springs to mind \u2013 I\u2019m just not sure there\u2019s anything that \u201cGooglebook\u201d is bringing to the table.<\/p>\n

But, even beyond that, Google\u2019s preview hasn\u2019t done a single thing to show me that this new platform is somehow better than the existing one. ChromeOS has a bad reputation, but with support for Android and Linux apps, it\u2019s secretly quite powerful. And we\u2019re throwing that away for\u2026 just Android? <\/p>\n

Google might have some surprises behind-the-scenes here, but \u201cGooglebook\u201d has, to me, made a terrible first impression. \u201cIt\u2019s not ready yet\u201d is not a good excuse. With public opinion of Windows lower than ever and Apple changing the narrative with its MacBook Neo, it\u2019s the<\/em> time for Google to pull out all of the stops and really pitch its vision. \u201cMagic Pointer\u201d and a few recylced ChromeOS features simply are not enough.<\/p>\n

As it stands today, Google hasn\u2019t given me a reason to get excited about \u201cGooglebook,\u201d nor a reason for it to exist at all. <\/p>\n

Just me? What do you think?<\/p>\n

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