Lenovo promises 17 hours of autonomy on his new Chromebook plus 14

For years now, most chromebooks have managed a variety of Intel or AMD processors. The occasional device used mediatek chip, but they were often undernourished and cheap devices that were difficult to recommend. ARM -based processors worked enormously for Apple on the Mac, and they are also used on more and more Windows PC. Now Lenovo (manufacturers of ) and Google give Arm a real blow with the Chromebook of $ 649 Plus 14.

Companies say that the Mediatek Kompanio Ultra 910 chip and its NPU AI can manage up to 50 highs – but more intriguing for me, Lenovo also promises up to 17 hours of autonomy. I will believe this statement when I see it; Mediocre, at best, the battery life has tormented almost all the chromebooks that I have used in recent years. But going to Arm could improve what chromebooks fueled by Intel have delivered, both in terms of battery life and overall performance.

Time for nitty-grity specifications. The Lenovo Plus 14 Chromebook is, as you can imagine, a 14 -inch laptop that looks quite like a MacBook Pro Silver. It is certainly more elegant and elegant than the more utilitarian (and clumsily) idea of ​​Lenovo (and badly named) Flex 5i Chromebook Plus. It weighs only 2.58 pounds (approximately one book less than the Flex 5i) and has just over 0.62 inches thick. In addition to the Kompanio Ultra 910 chip, Lenovo includes 12 GB or 16 GB of RAM and up to 256 GB of storage. Lenovo does not jump on the screen either. The 14 -inch OLED panel can be equipped with a touch screen and has a resolution of 1,920 x 1,200. The resolution is relatively modest, but completely in accordance with what you expect from the price.

There are a few other beautiful touches throughout. The last of Lenovo is the first Chromebook with Dolby Atmos Sound via a quadricular system which includes two downward Woofers. Audio quality on laptops has increased considerably in recent years, so I can’t wait to hear what Lenovo can deliver. The 5 megapixel webcam has a much higher resolution than most other chromebooks, and there is also a fingerprint reader for secure connections.

All in all, this Chromebook is on the most expensive side compared to many other options. But when you compare its specifications and design with other Chromebooks in this price range, Lenovo’s last presents itself pretty well. Of course, we have to make sure that the Mediatek chip is powerful enough and see what the battery life looks like, but Lenovo’s history are strong enough for me to look forward to seeing if we have a new king of chromebooks.

New AI features

Since Google is relentlessly focused on adding AI features wherever you turn, it is not surprising that there are a handful of new AI tips here. Both are the two that are currently exclusive to the Lenovo Plus Chromebook Plus 14: Intelligent grouping and IA image modification in the Chromebook gallery application. Google teases intelligent grouping for some time now; It will examine your open tabs and documents and ask you if you wish to organize them in a separate virtual office. And the Gallery application now has publishing features powered by AI such as the deletion of backgrounds or the transformation of your images into stickers.

Beyond these, a bunch of AI features arrive at all Laptops Chromebook Plus, many of whom will feel familiar if you have paid attention to what Google has published on other platforms in recent months. For example, you can now press the launcher for a long time and select an area of ​​the screen to run a search. As usual, the default example is shopping – see a pair of shoes you want, highlight it and let google find them for you. The integration is however beautiful, with a pop-over window showing your results so that you do not have to leave the application you use.

Likewise, text capture analyzes the text in an image and suggests things like calendar meetings according to what it reads. Or highlight an image of a recipe can extract all the elements you need in a Google Docs list.

The quick insert key, which was introduced for the first time last year Can now be used to generate and insert AI images in wherever your text cursor points – it is not limited to Google applications. Finally, Google’s “Help me read” tool has a new “simplify” option which can take a complex language (think of scientific explanations) and put it in clear language to make it easier to understand.

Whoever buys a chromebook plus this year will obtain a solid advantage that Google introduced for the first time last year: a 12 -month -old full of the Google One Ai Pro plan, which includes 2 TB of Google Drive storage and access to more advanced Gemini features (you can ). Since this is a $ 20 plan per month, it is a solid additional value – at least for storage, if you are not entirely interested in Gemini.

Regarding Lenovo’s new equipment, I can’t wait to try it soon to see if the arm architecture can provide the massive battery life and performance improvements that the company is promising. But if you want to throw your money now, Lenovo Plus 14 Chromebook is available at Best Buy and on the Lenovo site to be ordered from today.