Google introduced a handful of recent Gemini AI options for Chromebook Plus laptops, together with a glossy, new 14-inch flagship system from Lenovo that I bought to deal with not too long ago.
The brand new AI features embody choose to look, which lets you lengthy press the launcher icon or take a screenshot and do a Google search primarily based on on-screen photos or textual content. (It’s like circle to search on telephones, however for Chromebooks.) Textual content captured this fashion will be imported right into a calendar or Google Workspace apps like a spreadsheet or doc. On-screen textual content that’s a bit technical or jargon-y can be simplified. And now, the Fast Insert key — the “Gemini button” that replaces the Caps Lock key on Chromebooks — will get a shortcut to AI picture technology.
There are two extra new Gemini options: a sensible grouping software that mechanically organizes your present tabs and paperwork primarily based on what you’re engaged on, and a few picture modifying constructed into the Gallery app for automated duties like background elimination and making stickers. These new features use on-device AI and are unique to Lenovo’s new Chromebook Plus 14 laptop computer, which launches at the moment alongside Google’s new instruments.
The Lenovo Chromebook Plus (14-inch, Tenth-gen) begins at $649 and makes use of a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra chip able to 50 TOPS. It’s an eight-core Arm-based processor with Wi-Fi 7 and help for as much as two exterior 4K displays. Lenovo’s new flagship Chromebook additionally has a 14-inch OLED show able to 1920 x 1200 decision and 400 nits of brightness, with the choice for a touchscreen model beginning at $749. Its different key specs embody as much as 256GB of storage, as much as 16GB of RAM, a fingerprint sensor, Bluetooth 5.4 help, and a four-speaker Dolby Atmos audio setup. For ports, it has simply two 5Gbps USB-C, one 5Gbps USB-A, and a 3.5mm combo audio jack.
I bought to briefly maintain and see the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 at a current Google preview occasion, and it was actually a svelte and glossy machine. It weighs simply 2.58 kilos, making it simple to carry up from a nook with only one hand. And, as traditional for OLEDs, its display screen had a deep and colourful distinction that was nice to take a look at. Along with this being the primary Arm-based mannequin for Google’s Chromebook Plus vary of laptops, the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14’s 60Wh cell is claimed to have the perfect battery life amongst its friends.
Shopping for the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 or any Chromebook Plus system in 2025 will get you free entry to Google’s AI Pro Plan for one yr, which incorporates Gemini 2.5 Pro, the Veo 3 AI video generator, and 2TB of cloud storage.