Earlier this week was maybe the largest ChromeOS information we’ve heard in years. Google created a Chromebook Plus system customary to assist simplify the shopping for course of with a sure stage of {hardware} necessities. New gadgets are due out subsequent week however they’re primarily the identical as, or are incrementally upgraded from, current fashions. Your laptop computer could already meet the brand new {hardware} requirements and could possibly be on the Chromebook Plus improve checklist
Whether it is, meaning all the new AI-powered and different ChromeOS options on the brand new Chromebook Plus fashions shall be supported and added to your laptop computer as effectively. Simply as a reminder, listed below are the Chromebook Plus minimal necessities:
- Twelfth-gen Intel Core i3 or AMD Ryzen 7 CPU
- 8 GB of reminiscence
- 128 GB of native SSD storage
- 1920 x 1080 IPS show
- 1080p webcam with temporal noise discount
My 2022 Acer Chromebook Spin 714 does meet these minimal necessities, so I already know it’ll get the Chromebook Plus improve options.
Right here’s an inventory of the at present certified laptops that will even get it, later this month:
| Acer | Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (CP514-3H, CP514-3HH, CP514-3WH) |
| Acer | Acer Chromebook Spin 714 (CP714-1WN) |
| Acer | Acer Chromebook Spin 714 (CP714-2W, CP714-2WN) |
| Acer | Acer Chromebook 516 GE (CBG516-1H) |
| Acer | Acer Chromebook Vero 514 (CBV514-1H, CBV514-1HT) |
| ASUS | ASUS Chromebook CM34 Flip (CM3401) |
| ASUS | ASUS Chromebook Flip CX5 (CX5601) |
| Dell | Dell Latitude 5430 Chromebook |
| Dell | Dell Latitude 5430 2-in-1 Chromebook |
| Framework | Framework Laptop computer Chromebook Version |
| HP | HP Chromebook 15.6 15a-nb0xxx (xxx: 001~999) |
| HP | HP Chromebook x360 14 inch (14c-cd0xxx) (xxx: 001~999) |
| HP | HP Dragonfly Professional Chromebook |
| HP | HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook |
| HP | HP Elite c640 14 inch G3 Chromebook |
| HP | HP Elite c645 G2 Chromebook |
| Lenovo | Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook 14” (IP Flex 5 Chrome 14IAU7) |
| Lenovo | IdeaPad Flex 5i Chromebook (14″, 7) (IP Flex 5 Chrome 14IAU7) |
| Lenovo | IdeaPad Gaming Chromebook 16″ |
| Lenovo | Lenovo Slim 3i Chromebook 14″ |
| Lenovo | IdeaPad Slim 3i Chromebook (14″, 8) |
| Lenovo | Lenovo ThinkPad C14 Chromebook |
| Lenovo | Lenovo 5i Chromebook 16″ |
| Lenovo | IdeaPad 5i Chromebook (16″, 7) |
| Lenovo | Lenovo 14e Chromebook Gen 3 |
You might discover a couple of anticipated gadgets to be lacking from this checklist. I did instantly when solely a single “cloud-gaming” Chromebook appeared.
These are what I’d contemplate at the least mid-range, if not higher-performing Chromebooks with their wonderful shows, new Intel Core processors, and loads of reminiscence. And but, two out of three of them fail to qualify as Chromebook Plus gadgets.
It solely takes one lacking {hardware} part or characteristic to not qualify.
The Asus Chromebook Vibe CX55 Flip, for instance, launched with eleventh gen Intel processors, in order that’s out the window. The Acer Chromebook 516 GE I purchased and later returned is just about a {hardware} beast that, on paper, meets or exceeds the Chromebook Plus specification. However I don’t suppose that 1080p webcam helps temporal noise discount as a result of the whole lot else a Chromebook Plus laptop computer wants is there.
So should you don’t see your system on the checklist, it’s probably due to a single lacking requirement for the Chromebook Plus improve. I believe of us in that camp received’t probably be pleased. I do know I wouldn’t be. However… an ordinary is supposed to be simply that: A typical.
Sadly, even one small {hardware} bit not assembly the usual holds again the entire system from the Chromebook Plus improve.
