"Googlebooks are built on the Android technology stack. They'll run Chrome for web browsing and also run Android apps. They'll even be able to directly access files from your Android phone and run your apps right off of it so you don't have to temporarily move your attention across devices. And they're going to have Gemini Intelligence baked into just about everything - right down to the cursor."
"Googlebooks will have a Magic Pointer feature that offers contextual suggestions whenever you shake your cursor and point it at something on the screen. Google's examples include setting up a meeting by pointing at a date in an email or selecting images of furniture and a living space to visualize them together."
""We'll have more to share on the exact OS branding later this year," Peter Du of Google's global communications team tells The Verge. "We can confirm it is not Aluminium - that is the codename, not the official branding.""
"So, what do we actually know about Googlebooks and their operating system that's not Aluminium but also not not Aluminium? For starters, Googlebooks are built on the Android technology stack. They'll run Chrome for web browsing and also run Android apps."
Googlebooks laptops are planned for release in the fall and are positioned as a major new Google initiative in the laptop market. The operating system behind them is built on the Android technology stack and will run Chrome for web browsing and Android apps. The laptops will directly access files from an Android phone and run apps from that device without moving attention between devices. Gemini Intelligence will be integrated throughout the experience, including the cursor. A Magic Pointer feature will provide contextual suggestions when the cursor is shaken and pointed at on-screen items, such as scheduling meetings from emails or visualizing furniture in a living space. AI-created widgets will also be included, similar to those introduced for Android phones and Wear OS.
Read at The Verge
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