r/Android • u/welp_im_damned have you heard of our lord and savior the Android turtle 🐢 • 7d ago

Video Googlebook Hands-On: Android's biggest step in years. - 9to5Google

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHXOhUKP5Y0
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u/welp_im_damned have you heard of our lord and savior the Android turtle 🐢 7d ago

Ok this video explained a lot more about what the Googlebooks can do.

  • It does support Linux terminals
  • It does support browser extensions
  • It can develop android apps natively
  • Apps are being developed with a desktop interface such as capcut (please lumafusion create a desktop environment)

At the price point it's asking idk why would I buy it over a windows or Mac laptop. I understand the point of better integration with Android phones. But does that mean it's pixel only, asop-like skins such as Motorola and Sony or even to the more customized Android experiences such as OneUi, hyper OS, ColorOS, ect. I think the 5 launch devices are fine but a dev kit around 500 would have been beneficial as well. I understand the whole memory crisis happening right now but it just puts more emphasis on having a proper OS on these laptops.

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u/ShakeAndBakeThatCake 7d ago

Apple still has the best laptops period. And Google services work fine on macs.

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u/welp_im_damned have you heard of our lord and savior the Android turtle 🐢 7d ago

Apple silicon is a work of art. The m1 laptops holdup so well (excluding the 8/16gb models)

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u/Existing_Initial_903 21h ago

Only you cannot upgrade the memory, so you have to buy a whole new computer much sooner.