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Google's new Chromebook Plus AI features could give Windows Copilot a run for its money

Google just announced a handful of new multimodal AI features for Chromebook Plus devices: live translations, text and audio summaries, and a new Quick Insert feature.

All Chromebooks will now have access to Gemini, come loaded with Google One AI Premium plan for free for three months, have new customizable Focus modes to silence notifications, and a brand-new Welcome Recap feature that lets you bring up all the apps and windows you had up in a previous session. Hitting this key will bring up a small menu that acts as a sort of mobile control panel, allowing for various commonly used actions where you'd typically need to navigate to another window. For example, you can activate the other new AI features like Help me write, view recently visited websites, access files from Google Drive, or bring up tactical tools, like the calculator or calendar apps.

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