Chromebook Gets "OK Google" and Intel's Easy Migration App

An anonymous reader points out that Chromebook users just got a couple of early gifts. "Chromebooks have had a good run thus far in their history, and most recently they've had a stellar year of sales – famously beating out Apple's iPad. However, Google is not stopping there, as the company has decided to include and integrate 'OK Google' into their Chromebook tablets. As it turns out, the feature was possible all along with the code that had been included in the operating system, but was hidden well from users' direct line of sight. Intel has also shown a lot of support for Chromebooks, and the company has now released the Easy Migration app that will fittingly migrate data between Windows devices, iOS devices, and Android devices. The only catch is that users will have to be running a Chromebook that hosts an Intel processor. Intel has provided a website to check if your device is compatible, but it will surely be a significant hit for the Chromebook."

Comments

Re:This wasn't already on?

[Pope Hagbard]

I'd bet you a goodly sum that it's been available in chrome://flags for quite a while now, which is analogous to Firefox's about:config, and is where Google tends to stick features that aren't ready for the general public yet (and sometimes never).

Re:OK Google?

[ArcadeMan]

samzenpus was too lazy to include a link on "OK Google" and now we'll get dozens of pointless "just fucking search it yourself" replies from people who cannot understand that it would have taken samzenpus about 10 seconds to add a link but instead we'll have dozens and dozens of people wasting minutes searching for something.

The Web is supposed to be links. I know this is Slashdot and we're supposed to be nerds, but not everyone uses the same hardware, the same software or work in the same fields. Some readers are not even in IT. I do no expect authors to put links on really basic terms like "RAM" or "Hard drive" but there's still a minimum of effort that authors need to do.

Re:false summary is false

[CastrTroy]

The Chromebook old sold the iPad in schools for 1 simple reason. Economics. The Chromebook costs $200 while the iPad costs $500. The Chromebook also has a lot of other nice thing going for it in the school environment, such as being able to actually type up a document on it without spending even more money to purchase a keyboard. That, and students can log into any Chromebook and instantly bring up their own account with their own files. In my kids' school, they no longer have a computer lab. When they need to use a computer to type up a document, they get one of the Chromebooks, log in, and start typing. It's very easy for the school because they don't need a Chromebook for every single student because they are so easily shared, and they don't have to worry about managing a bunch of Windows boxes with file servers and all the pain that goes along with that.