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12/11/2025

Finally! I got Gemini on my Nest speakers and it's a huge upgrade. Google says you can now sign up and get access within 24 hours.

For the past few months, the rollout of Gemini for Home—the massive AI upgrade that replaces the aging Google Assistant on smart speakers—has been a bit of a lottery. It seemed like some people got the invite quickly, while others (myself included) have been checking our Google Home apps daily w...

12/10/2025

This is the update we've been waiting for. YouTube TV just announced "Plans" for early 2026. We are finally getting genre-specific bundles—including a dedicated Sports Plan—so you don't have to pay for channels you don't watch.

Since its inception, YouTube TV has been one of the best ways to cut the cord without losing the live TV experience. But as the price has slowly crept up to $72.99 over the years, the service has started to feel a lot like the cable packages it was meant to replace. We’ve all asked...

12/10/2025

The Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714 is $220 off! Get the most versatile 2-in-1 Chromebook with Intel Core Ultra power for just $579.99.

We talk a lot about the best Chromebooks here, and lately, devices like the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 have been stealing the spotlight with their fantastic designs and gorgeous OLED screens. But as good as some of these newer Chromebooks are, it doesn't take away from some devices that are a tad bit...

12/10/2025

Google Meet now automatically opens Picture-in-Picture when you share your screen, letting you see your audience while you present.

We have all been there: you are in a Google Meet call, you hit "Present" to share your screen, and suddenly your colleagues disappear behind your slide deck or spreadsheet. You are left presenting to the void, unable to see head nods, confused looks, or raised hands. Google is fixing this common pai...

12/10/2025

Google Photos is overhauling its video editor with 5 new tools, including AI templates, a new timeline, and custom text support.

We all take tons of videos, but most of them just sit in our cloud storage, unseen and unedited. Why? Because editing video on a phone is generally a tedious, clunky experience. Google Photos is looking to change that with a major update that introduces 5 new video editing tools: templates, a redesi...

12/09/2025

Google's Mixboard experiment gets a major update, allowing you to turn your ideas into presentations using the new Nano Banana Pro model.

If you haven't played with Mixboard yet, you are missing out on one of Google's most interesting AI experiments. It started as a fluid, AI-powered whiteboard for brainstorming—sort of like a mood board that could talk back. But with a new update today, it is graduating from just generating ideas t...

12/09/2025

Intel's Panther Lake chips are arriving in early 2026, and we've already found 6 new Chromebooks in development that could launch in Q1.

If you rewind the clock to this time last year, we were pretty excited about a new baseboard we found in the Chromium Repositories code-named ‘Fatcat’. It was our first sign that Intel’s next-gen Panther Lake SoC was on the way, and at the time, we fully expected 2025 to be the year these high...

12/08/2025

Google has released its Year in Search 2025 film, highlighting a year of AI breakthroughs, cultural trends, and community resilience.

It’s that time of year again. While we are busy checking our Spotify Wrapped and Google Photos Recaps, Google has dropped its annual cultural touchstone: the Year in Search 2025 film. If you have never watched one of these, they are far more than just a list of keywords. Google manages to weave to...

12/08/2025

Google announced major updates for the Galaxy XR headset today and teased new AI smart glasses coming in 2026.

Today, during The Android Show: XR Edition, Google gave us a glimpse of that future of XR headsets - both VR and AR - and it all looks pretty incredible. Not only are we getting massive feature drops for the Samsung Galaxy XR headset today, but Google also pulled back the curtain on the next...

12/08/2025

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are long gone, but the deals keep on going for 10 awesome Chromebooks! https://chromeunboxed.com/the-best-chromebook-deals-today-updated/

12/08/2025

The Pixel 9a just dropped to $349 ($150 off). Get a 120Hz screen and 7 years of updates for budget phone money.

We thought the deal we saw back in August—where the Pixel 9a dropped to $399—was good. But apparently, Google had one more surprise up its sleeve for the holiday shopping season. Right now, the Google Pixel 9a can be had for just $349. That is a full $150 off its regular price, and technically s...