Google ChromeOS wins again
AI-powered PCs appear to be the future, with tech giants including Intel, AMD, and Apple throwing their support behind neural processing unit (NPU)-equipped computers. However, I’m finding that it’s Google’s ChromeOS AI tools and features that interest me the most.
Though the tech bigwigs are confident that many of the best computers and best laptops will be AI-powered soon, with Gartner predicting that 22% of all personal computers will be AI-powered in 2024, there’s a clear disconnect between this expectation and what the standard of AI PCs should be.
The price of admission to this technology could be in the thousands, making it a huge investment that buyers will have to make for a product that doesn’t yet have a defined shape or a roadmap for future development.
Meanwhile, Google’s ChromeOS has already been using AI tools in the background for quite some time, including the launcher search bar, hardware acceleration, live captioning, palm rejection when using a stylus, and AI-optimized batteries that have enhanced battery life.
