Google Brings Instant Tethering To 3rd-Party Chromebooks (venturebeat.com)

Google today rolled out Instant Tethering to third-party Chromebooks. Fifteen additional Chromebook models and over 30 cell phone models now support the feature. The move is part of Google's strategy of bringing Chrome OS and Android closer together. From a report: Tethering requires switching on your hotspot that uses your phone's mobile data, connecting to it from your other device by entering the password, and disconnecting when you're done. Instant Tethering skips those steps by putting you through an initial set-up process and then just showing a notification with a Connect button when your Chromebook detects that it has no Wi-Fi access. As long as tethering is enabled on your mobile data plan, and you have the data to spare, your Chromebook can always be online. Instant Tethering will also automatically disconnect if it detects 10 minutes of no activity.

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Re:No chromebooks in Federal prison

[Anonymous Coward]

Fake news. After my VP pardons me, he's such a good VP, I'm going to live the rest of my life in a state prison. But only in the best state, so we'll see which one wants me the most. And while I won't have a Chromebook, Rudy assures me that they will let me run Windows, at least. #MAGA