Chromebooks get fasterĬhromebooks are hitting the market sooner than you think. The Huffington Post, NY Times, Sports Illustrated, Springpad, Marvel Comics,, USA Today, and others have already integrated this functionality. Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar will have offline support out of the box and Google is encouraging all Web app developers to begin including support for their apps. Gmail client-side encryption adds security for businesses The best Mac apps for 2023: top software for your Mac The most common Zoom problems and how to fix them Google’s Cloud-based music service, Picasa, and movie rental service will work with Chrome out of the box. Any Web app can handle your local files, if you install it. Apps will be able to add functionality buttons to different areas of Chrome OS contextually when a user chooses to install them. In addition, app makers will be able to tie their apps to specific file types, allowing users who install a Web app like Box.net to instantly use that app while browsing files. Video can, of course, be maximized as well. This enables users to watch or listen to content while still browsing the Web or using Web Apps. Opening a music file, for instance, opens up a built-in Chrome media player in the lower right part of the screen.

The company demonstrated how users can now view file directories in Chrome OS, browse photos, and play media right from the browser with the notebook’s limited local storage.

It has helped the company address some of the features with the OS, Pichai explained. Google kicked off its Chrome OS discussion by highlighting the 1 million people who applied to be a part of the Cr-48 Pilot Program. Google is giving out free Chromebooks to all I/O attendees, but for those of you who couldn’t make the flight, we’ve detailed the new features shown and the first two Chromebooks, developed by Acer and Samsung. Google kicked off day two of Google I/O 2011 by spotlighting some of the new things it’s doing with Chrome OS. Sundar Pichai, head of Chrome, keynoted the event, and unveiled the first two Chromebooks, which is Google’s new word to describe laptops that are running Chrome OS.

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