Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

New numbers show 2020 was the first year that Chromebooks outsold Macs, posting impressive market share gains at the expense of Windows. Computers powered by Google’s Chrome OS have outsold Apple’s ...

According to new figures by IDC, 2020 is the first year in which Google’s Chrome OS was found on more new computers sold than macOS. That’s due to the success of Chromebooks made by the likes of Acer, ...

According to global shipment readings from the analytics group IDC, the year 2020 made Chrome OS rise as Windows fell. In the year 2019, IDC showed Windows with a total global PC marketshare at 85.4%.

Consumers snapped up Chromebooks in 2020, enough so that Google’s Chrome OS is now the second most popular operating system in the PC space—easily surpassing Apple’s Mac OS. Data from both IDC and ...

In late 2020, Google bought the company Neverware, which had made a name for itself thanks to a product called CloudReady that let individual users or large organizations turn old Windows PCs and Macs ...

For ages now, every annual report on desktop operating system market share has had the same top two contenders: Microsoft’s Windows in a commanding lead at number one and Apple’s macOS in distant ...

This year has marked a fantastic step forward for Chromebooks of all budgets, and just in time for the holiday season, we’ve rounded up the best Chromebooks that you can buy for yourself or give to ...

Last month, we learned that Chromebook shipments grew over 4x amid the pandemic and shift to distance learning. That demand in 2020 has led Chrome OS to overtake macOS in worldwide sales. According to ...

Google has introduced a new version of Chrome OS that can turn PCs and Macs into a Chromebook and be used for digital signage and kiosks. The software designed for businesses and schools will be free ...