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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."
What are those? I know about chromebooks and I know about Android tablets.
It means Google has given up, and admitted that they are listening to everything you say.
I'm opening up my chromebook to install a hardware switch on the microphone wire.
(Goes without saying that there is already duct tape over the webcam. )
My nine year old figured out how to get the "Ok Google" voice recognition working on our Chromebook months ago. He barely bothers typing searches anymore- instead I get to hear his entire search history. I don't think he got far enough into the settings to hit the combo mentioned in the page
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Google is paying IDC a LOT of money to juggle the numbers to show one tiny slice of the market where Google succeeded. Google is not beating Apple with tablets anymore than Apple is beating Google with online services. If they were, you would see Google chrome books and tablets everywhere and the rare spotting of an iPad. Also, every fanboy (Google or Apple) deserves to post whatever they want. Simply put, the narrator of this post didn't do his research, Google is not beating Apple on the notebook or tablet front. Google does own anything search, online apps, maps, etc.. And thats saying a lot.
I've read your reponse three times and it looks like you're responding to an entirely different claim:
Their claim: Chromebooks out-sold iPads.
Your apparent rebuttle: Apple's combined laptops and tablets outsold laptops and tablets running Google platforms in one sector, education, according to an Apple advocacy site.
Their claim may be easy to knock down, I don't know: it's unsourced, and it certainly sounds a little odd (the iPad is a remarkably popular platform, for it to be beaten by something most people seem to have never heard of seems strange and is either wrong, or we've severely underestimated the Chromebook's widespread appeal), but you don't appear to address it in any way whatsoever, and the argument you do make lacks a credible source.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
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.
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It's a voice search tool that seems to work a hell of a lot better than Siri.
Seriously, find a buddy with an iPhone or newer iPad and try it yourself. Do a search on Siri, and then install the Google app and try the same searches. I consistently get better results with Google.
Siri ends up doing a web search on anything but the most basic of questions, so you might as well just cut out the middle man and ask Google directly.
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.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
No. The real kicker is the Apple fanboys calling Education an "obscure niche" as soon as someone else gives them a bit of competition.
Even if you take the revised numbers provided by Apple partisans at face value, it still doesn't bode well for Apple. They are seeing stiff competition from a surprise "Dark Horse" product that no one would have ever expected capable of this.
They can try and spin things as much as they like but it won't really change the reality of the situation.
Education has long been thought of as an Apple stronghold which is why anyone cares about this.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
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It means Google has given up, and admitted that they are listening to everything you say.
Obviously, it needs to listen so it knows when you say, "OK Google." Also, it's trivially easy to turn off. Lastly, you can clearly see there's no Internet traffic (uploading of audio) unless and until you say, "OK Google."
I'm opening up my chromebook to install a hardware switch on the microphone wire.
Are you doing the same on all your smartphones, tablets, and laptops, too? Or are you just paid to write anti-Google posts? Does it pay well?
(Goes without saying that there is already duct tape over the webcam. )
It goes without saying you're wearing a tinfoil hat to stop government mind control rays from getting into your brain, too.
How you got modded +5 is beyond me. Damn mods on crack again.