Google also wants AI to be a hero in the operating system. A week after Microsoft introduces Copilot+ for Windows, Google follows suit Gemini for ChromeOS. Equivalent to Copilot+, which is only available for Qualcomm Snapdragon X, Gemini will not be available on all Google models, it is available for Chromebook Plus for now.

Starting today, new Chromebooks come with new AI features like Help Me Write, Gemini on the Home Screen, and Magic Editor. Here we explain them to you.

The first function allows us to obtain: tips when writing. Through an option in the right button, we will receive a suggestion from the artificial intelligence to complement a headline, a message on social networks or rephrase a text. English for now and Spanish in the coming months.

Chromebook Plus also Create wallpapers or make video calls with generative AI. A simple customization option.

Google Photos Magic Editor can be used on laptops with Google systems as well as Pixels. We can circle the element we want to edit with our finger, change its size or light.

There will be twins too Integrated into the home screen of Chromebooks. We can quickly activate the application via a special icon in the application bar.

Other options coming to Chromebook Plus include syncing passwords to the mobile phone via a QR code; quick access to Google Tasks; GIF screenshots; quick keyboard settings for games and soon the option ‘Continue where you left off’, which will allow us to open games. on other devices as well as the tabs and applications we have opened before such as mobile or Chrome browser.

Finally, Project Gameface will also be integrated into ChromeOS. This allows you to control the laptop with gestures alone. Without having to use the keyboard or mouse. Afar. Just with his face. However, this option is not available yet.

Taking advantage of the arrival of these new features, Google will offer a one-year ‘AI Premium’ subscription with 2TB of space on Google One with the new Chromebook Plus, a category that includes different models from manufacturers such as Acer and Asus. HP or Lenovo.

in Xataka | Sundar Pichai (Google CEO) believes “It” is inevitable: “There will be people who will fall in love with an AI, and we must prepare ourselves for that.”