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The best Chromebook screen ever hits its best price ever for Cyber Monday
Between the gorgeous red color and that vibrant display, Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook shouldn't be missed
There's no shortage of incredible Chromebooks you can buy these days, which is probably why Google is likely finished with its own in-house hardware. The death of the Pixelbook series was some of the most upsetting news of 2022 — perhaps only second to Stadia's impending doom — as few Chromebooks offer a level of polish and finesse few laptops feature.
Save big on both generations of Samsung's flashy Galaxy Chromebook
Take up to $300 off the premium model
Summer vacation has come and gone — it's already August, our (not really) favorite time of the year when many of us head back to the classroom. If you've been eyeing a laptop for your daily schooling needs, there's no better way to catch the attention of your peers than by grabbing Samsung's flashy fiesta-red Galaxy Chromebook. And today, you can save big on both generations of these attractive Chromebooks — up to $300 off the premium model.
Samsung's high-end Galaxy Chromebook is a beautiful mess — but mostly the latter. There's still lots to love about it, though: a gorgeous 4K OLED screen, attractive hardware, integrated stylus, and more. It's equipped with a 10th generation Intel Core i5-10210U processor and 8GB of RAM. There's a fingerprint sensor on the unit to jump right back into your productivity zone quickly, and its 256GB PCIe storage allows for super-fast reads and writes.
The Galaxy Chromebook 2, meanwhile, is Samsung's successor to its convertible, and it also keeps that lovely flirtatious red color scheme. While the new Chromebook improves the keyboard, speakers, and security, the manufacturer made some notable downgrades to address the slew of problems that plagued the first-generation device — notably the lackluster battery life and thermal issues. The base model is equipped with an Intel Celeron 5205U and 4GB of RAM, but you'll be able to configure it with up to an i3-10110U and 8GB memory — this bumps its 64GB eMMC flash storage up to 128, too. Despite the slower speeds, the Galaxy Chromebook 2's 12-hour battery life and lower price make it a better value than the premium model.
LTE version of Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook Go now available through AT&T
A $50 premium over the standard model
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There are plenty of great mid-range Chromebooks up for grabs these days, but manufacturers haven't forgotten to focus on more affordable laptops. Chrome OS is perfect for gadgets below $400, and you can finally add another option to the list. Samsung's new Galaxy Chromebook Go is now available for purchase, and it'll only run you $300 for the standard model
Samsung made an even cheaper Galaxy Chromebook for the masses
Complete with optional LTE support and up to 8GB of RAM
Samsung makes some of the best Chromebooks you can buy today. From last year's ultra-high-end Galaxy Chromebook and its 4K display to the super affordable Chromebook 4, there's a little something for everyone. It seems like it might be time to add another model to the list, as an all-new Chromebook from Samsung popped up on the company's website today: the Galaxy Chromebook Go.It seems like Samsung's latest Chromebook announcement is a low-key affair, with plenty of images and a full specs sheet appearing without an actual store page or an official press release. However, outside of an expected price, we know all there is to know about its latest computer.
Samsung's only OLED Chromebook is back on discount for hundreds off
Complete with a Core i5 processor and 256GB of storage
Last year, Samsung took us by surprise when it unveiled the Galaxy Chromebook, an ultra-premium laptop running Chrome OS designed to take the place of the old Pixelbooks. With a starting price of $999, it was a tough sell, and when it was time to release a follow-up, it was decidedly more of a mid-range device. If you don't mind picking up year-old hardware, you can grab the Galaxy Chromebook from Amazon for just $688 today.Outside of the sleek design, the real reason to grab one of these is its gorgeous 4K AMOLED display. While it doesn't deviate from the usual 16:9 aspect ratio, it does make for an excellent streaming experience. With 256GB of storage and 8GB of RAM, it's a perfectly capable laptop, and the Core i5 processor is more than enough power for Chrome OS. It even comes with 200GB of free storage through Google One for a year, which is perfect for expanding your photos library next week.
Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook 2 is more a prequel than a sequel
Restrained specs should at least help with pricing
Last year's Galaxy Chromebook looked like the spiritual successor to the original Pixelbook that we'd long been waiting for. Sadly, battery life and thermal issues ended up making the model a bit of a flop. It's all well and good having a bright, beautiful 4K OLED display, but when doing so results in longevity that rarely makes it past the four-hour mark, and means the heat of a thousand stars emanating from the internals, it probably isn't worth it. Samsung seems to have seen the error of its ways and is now trimming the fat for its new Galaxy Chromebook 2, with a more optimized user experience and smaller price tag.
Leak depicts a seemingly much cheaper Galaxy Chromebook successor
It looks like the $1,000 original is intent on sticking around...
If, for whatever reason, you wanted a hotrod of a Chromebook, Samsung had it for you this year with the Galaxy Chromebook. With 10th-gen Intel silicon, a 4K display, and $1,000 price tag, it had everyone one could ever need for such a machine. But it looks like we could be getting a sequel as early as February. Says who? Says some stranger with a swiped presentation slide on Twitter.[EMBED_TWITTER]https://twitter.com/_h0x0d_/status/1341780886954512387[/EMBED_TWITTER]@_h0x0d_, not a strange name in our coverage, dropped this image along with a message through self-retweet of "p.s. how about 699?" The bullet points tell the story: the Galaxy Chromebook2 will be the first QLED Chromebook — it's an LCD panel with a filter of crystals that affect how the LED backlight is expressed and is not an OLED display — with speakers that are 178% louder than, presumably, its predecessor, a lower base configuration with the Intel 10th-gen Core i3 processor starring, Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, and a target battery cycle of at least 12 hours.The question then becomes "would you pay $699 for a watered-down Galaxy Chromebook?" Or, "does it even make sense to call this thing the Galaxy Chromebook2 when it should have something like 'Lite' in the name?"Sure, there's a role for this thing to play and it would have a hand in helping keep that barely-year-old Galaxy Chromebook alive and stubborn at its $999 MSRP ($899 at Amazon), but is it a role worth playing? We'll have to see if this thing comes true in the first place before we can answer that.Source: @_h0x0d_
Samsung Galaxy Chromebook drops to $799 ($200 off) at Best Buy
If you're after a higher-end Chromebook with a sharp design, this is an excellent option
Pixelbook aside, Chromebooks have a reputation for being slow, plasticky, and generally not very good-looking. The Galaxy Chromebook, however, defies all that with a premium processor, an aluminum chassis, and an eye-catching design. Best Buy is currently offering the Galaxy Chromebook for 9, $200 off MSRP — a healthy discount on a pretty new laptop.
Samsung surprised us at CES this year with the Galaxy Chromebook, a high-end convertible Chrome OS laptop whose thin, angular body is awfully reminiscent the original Pixelbook. It's on sale today. But Google's got its own new laptop bearing the Pixel family name in the Pixelbook Go, which you can spec all the way up to a 4K display and Intel Core i7 processor. If you're on the hunt for a premium Chrome device, these two should be high on your list, but which should you buy? Let's discuss.
Samsung’s premium Galaxy Chromebook is coming to the US in April without LTE (Update: Available now)
Its Best Buy listing gives away the release date
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Google’s original Pixelbook offered a premium option to anyone looking for a high-end Chrome OS convertible. More than two years since, we haven’t seen a proper follow-up, and all we got last year was a plasticky, $650 Pixelbook Go, which, by the way, we liked quite a bit. At last month’s CES event, Samsung came out with the Galaxy Chromebook, which David thought could be a worthy successor to the 2017 Google laptop. The Samsung convertible is now headed to the US, according to an online listing, but it won’t get an LTE variant.
Picture-in-picture, or PIP, is easy to take for granted when the majority of services and devices have supported it for years. But for those of us using Chromebooks, that's not the case. Hardly any apps or services supported it at all until Google released a Chrome extension last January that allowed you to trigger PIP with a keyboard shortcut. It was a start, but having to activate it manually each time was a pain. Thankfully, PIP will now work as it does on Android if you're using Netflix.
The Galaxy Chromebook is probably the most interesting Chromebook to launch since the original Google Pixelbook. And, in many ways, that's because it represents something of a spiritual successor to Google's beloved premium ultraportable.