Project Starline expands testing through an early access program

As hybrid work expands its footprint, how we work and collaborate continues to evolve. We’re continuing to explore ways to bring teams together and facilitate employee connection from afar through technology. That’s why last year we announced Project Starline, a technology project that enables coworkers to feel like they are together, even when they are cities apart.

The technology works like a magic window, where users can talk, gesture and make eye contact with another person, life-size and in three dimensions. It is made possible through major research advances across machine learning, computer vision, spatial audio and light field display systems.

Today, Project Starline prototypes are found in Google offices across the U.S., with employees using the technology every day for meetings, employee onboarding and building rapport between colleagues. Results show Project Starline can increase employee presence, attentiveness, and productivity compared to traditional video calling solutions. People have described the experience as a natural interaction — expressing how connected they felt to the other person sitting across from them.

Beyond Google employees, we’ve also invited more than 100 enterprise partners in areas like media, healthcare and retail to participate in demos at Google’s offices and provide us with feedback on the experience and applications to their businesses. We see many ways Project Starline can add business value across a number of industries, and we remain focused on making it more accessible.

“The proliferation of hybrid work models is creating new opportunities to fundamentally rethink how we collaborate in the workplace,” says Scott Morey, president of technology & innovation at WeWork. “Project Starline is at the forefront of this shift, providing an incredible user experience that bridges the gap between our physical and virtual worlds. At WeWork, we believe this technology has the potential to enrich the employee experience – making connections more intentional and meaningful."

Today, we are expanding our testing efforts through an early access program with enterprise partners such as Salesforce, WeWork, T-Mobile and Hackensack Meridian Health[05e5ea]. Starting this year, we'll begin installing prototypes in select partner offices for regular testing.

  • Two colleagues use Starline to reconnect one on one.
  • Two women use Starline to review a presentation.
  • A man and woman review the design of a vase using Starline.
  • Two people use Starline to reconnect one on one.

"In today's digital-first world, companies need to provide the technology and tools to help employees be more productive and effective at work,” Andy White, SVP of Business Technology at Salesforce, tells us. “At Salesforce, we're constantly exploring new ways to deliver incredible experiences to our employees and customers around the world. Project Starline has the potential to drive deeper connections between people by bridging in-person and virtual experiences."

As we build the future of hybrid work together with our enterprise partners, we look forward to seeing how Project Starline can help employees form strong ties with one another, doctors form meaningful bonds with their patients, and salespeople make deeper connections with their clients and customers. Whether you’re presenting to a colleague or just sitting down for a coffee chat, we want the Project Starline experience to feel natural, as if the person is sitting in the same room as you. More broadly, we are eager to enable workforces to feel energized and productive when collaborating from afar. We look forward to sharing more about what we learn from our early access program next year.

3 things to look forward to at Google Play Live

Since 2012, Google Play has helped people around the world discover their favorite apps, games and digital content. And now, we're bringing YouTube creators to Google Play for our first-ever live show in the United States. The show starts at 9 a.m. Eastern time on October 12, and you can watch it live on Google Play or by visiting our official YouTube channel.

Here are three things to look forward to at the show.


1. Play alongside YouTube creators

Creators will introduce their favorite games and apps, and will play them live on stage — sometimes with anyone else who wants to join. Jaron Meyers & Tim Stone, Lizzy Capri, Mari Takahashi and Preacher Lawson will host the show. And their friends and surprise guests will also join the livestream to play alongside the audience and participate in fun challenges.

2. Choose your adventure

Audience participation is a huge part of the event — you’ll have a chance to influence what’s happening live on set through things like polls and a live chat. Here's a look at what you can expect.

Run of the show starting at 9 a.m. ET and ending at 5 p.m. ET. The first segment is led by Amira Virgil (Xmiramira), the second by Kelsey Impicciche (kelseydangerous), the third by Andre (BlackNerdComedy), and the fourth Lily Pichu (LilyPichu)

3. Nab last-chance deals on apps and games

We’ve partnered with developers of some of the top apps and games on Google Play like HBO Max, Candy Crush Saga and Genshin Impact, so you can get special deals in the apps and games the YouTube creators will be playing live. Visit Google Play to see all the deals on gold bars, special bundles, boosters and more. You’ll also get 3x Play Points when you buy in-app and in-game items through October 12[6474b6].

Tune in at 9 a.m. Eastern time on October 12 to watch the show live.

Preview and interact with files using smart chips in Google Sheets

This announcement was made at Google Cloud Next ‘22. Check out Next OnAir to tune into the livestream or watch session recordings following the event. Visit the Cloud Blog to learn more about the latest Google Workspace innovations for the ever-changing world of work. 

Quick summary

In 2021, we announced the ability to insert smart chips for files and meetings in Google Docs. As an extension of smart canvas, you can now add Google Drive files directly into a Google Sheet as a smart chip. This will make it much easier for you to quickly preview and interact with files in Sheets. 

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Getting started 

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: You can insert a chip in a Sheets cell by following one or all of the following methods: 
    • Type “@” followed by a file name or keyword directly in the cell 
    • Navigate to Insert > Smart Chips > File chip 
    •  Paste a Google Drive link directly in the cell, hover over the preview, right-click, and select “Convert to file chip.” 
    •  Visit the Help Center to learn more about inserting smart chips in Google Sheets. 

Rollout pace 


Availability 

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers 
  • Available to users with personal Google Accounts 

Resources 

Use SIP Link to link phone numbers from local carriers to Google Voice

This announcement was made at Google Cloud Next ‘22. Check out Next OnAir to tune into the livestream or watch session recordings following the event. Visit the Cloud Blog to learn more about the latest Google Workspace innovations for the ever-changing world of work. 


What’s changing 

For Google Voice Standard and Premier customers, admins can now connect a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunk with Voice. This allows phone numbers (PSTN services) from local carriers to be used for Google Voice through a secure set of certified Session Border Controllers (SBCs), such as Audiocodes, Cisco, Oracle, and Ribbon. SIP Link makes it easier for our customers to leverage the power of Voice. 




In the coming weeks, this feature will be available for new and existing Voice customers in supported countries. Support for more countries will be added over the coming months — we will share more information here on the Workspace Updates Blog at that time. 

Who’s impacted

Admins and end users 


Why it’s important 

SIP Link provides flexible options depending on the needs of your organization — in addition to using any SIP trunk with Voice, you can: 
  • Configure multiple deployment options, including managing on-premise management of SBC infrastructure or outsourcing to the carrier or a third-party provider 
  • Configure SBC for interoperability between Voice and any customer-owned call control infrastructure 


Getting started 



Rollout pace 



Availability 

  • Available with Voice Standard and Voice Premier licenses. 


Resources 

In-room meeting participants can now join break out rooms

This announcement was made at Google Cloud Next ‘22. Check out Next OnAir to tune into the livestream or watch session recordings following the event. Visit the Cloud Blog to learn more about the latest Google Workspace innovations for the ever-changing world of work. 

What’s changing 

When using Google Meet Hardware devices, meeting hosts can now assign conference rooms to breakout rooms. Extending breakout rooms to all meeting participants—whether they’re joining remotely or in the office—ensures everyone can engage in collaborative working sessions. 



Getting started 

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: This feature will be available by default — once a meeting participant joins from a meeting room, the meeting host can assign it to a breakout room. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using breakout rooms in Meet.

Rollout pace 


Availability 

Breakout Rooms 
  • Available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Frontline, and Nonprofits customers 

Note that all meeting participants can participate in breakout rooms. 

Resources 

Transcribe speech during Google Meet calls into a Google Doc

This announcement was made at Google Cloud Next ‘22. Check out Next OnAir to tune into the livestream or watch session recordings following the event. Visit the Cloud Blog to learn more about the latest Google Workspace innovations for the ever-changing world of work. 

What’s changing 

You can now transcribe a Google Meet video meeting into a Google Doc. The transcribed file is saved in the hosts “Meet Recordings” folder in Google Drive, similar to meeting recordings. This feature can only be accessed when using Google Meet on a desktop or laptop. At this time, this feature is only supported in English. 

Transcribe speech during Google Meet calls into a Google Doc
When turned on, a “Transcribing” badge will appear in the top left corner of the meeting.


Who’s impacted 

End users 


Why you’d use it 

Meeting transcripts automatically capture the meeting discussion, making it easier to follow up afterward or serve as a record. 


For meetings with fewer than or equal to 200 invitees, the meeting host, co-hosts, or the transcript initiator will receive a link to the transcription document via email after the meeting ends. Additionally, the transcript will automatically be attached to the associated calendar invite for the meeting. 


For meetings with more than 200 attendees, the transcription will only be shared with the meeting organizers, host, and co-hosts, and individual users who initiated a transcription. For recurring meetings, new transcription documents will be continually added to the Calendar invite. 


Additional details 

Before joining a meeting, attendees will see a notification informing them when transcripts are active. 



Getting started 

  • Admins: 
    • This feature will be ON by default and can be configured at the group, domain, or OU level. Note that there is no admin control for Google Workspace Business Standard customers. 
    • Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Meet Transcriptions on or off. 
    • Note: For Google Workspace Education users with a teacher license, transcripts are ON by default. For those with a student license, transcripts are OFF by default. 
  • End users:
    • If host management is off, in-domain participants can use transcripts. 
    • If host management is on, only meeting hosts and co-hosts can turn transcripts on. 

Rollout pace 


Availability 

  • Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers 
  • Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Education Standard, Enterprise Essentials, Education Fundamentals, Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers 
  • Not available to users with personal Google Accounts 

Resources 

Climate action in Europe: Moving from pledges to progress

It’s a challenging time for Europe. People, businesses, and governments across the continent are concerned about rising prices and increased pressure on the energy grid because of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The concern people are feeling is evident in the information they’re searching for. The search term “climate anxiety” reached an all-time high in July 2022, and top trending searches, such as “save natural gas,” “saving heating costs,” and “save energy,” show us that people want — and need — answers.

For more than 20 years, Google has been investing in making our operations and communities more sustainable. Building on the lessons and achievements from our first two decades of progress, in 2020 we launched our third decade of climate action — our most ambitious yet. We know that our responsibility begins with our own footprint, so our latest goal is to reach net zero across all our operations and value chain by 2030.

But no company, no matter how ambitious, can solve a challenge as big as climate change alone. One of the most powerful things we can do is build technology that allows us, our partners, and individuals around the world to take meaningful action.

It was with that sentiment in mind that we organized today’s inaugural Google Sustainability Summit in Brussels, as a space for partners working across the climate space to forge new partnerships and deepen collaboration, share ideas and inspiration and jointly move from climate pledges to progress.

Climate action Europe - moving from pledges to progress, featuring Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet
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Sustainability has always been a core value for us. As CEO of Google & Alphabet Sundar Pichai put it at today’s conference, “There is no time to waste. The crisis is impacting communities around the world, including those already facing deep challenges. At Google we share the EU’s commitment to action and want to be a helpful partner in that progress.”

For those who were unable to attend the conference, we thought we would share some of our key takeaways.

Digital solutions are instrumental for climate action

Research supported by Google and conducted by Implement Consulting has identified the sectors where digital technologies can make the biggest impact on facilitating energy and emissions savings. The results, released today, make us hopeful.

Digital solutions play an important enabling role for at least 20-25% of the reductions required to achieve a net-zero economy in Europe — equivalent to the total emissions of France and Germany combined.

The research also identifies four sectors that play a critical role in moving us from pledges to progress:

  • Transport, where digital tech plays a key enabling role in 60-70% of the needed CO2 reductions and helps to save energy
  • Buildings, with tech enabling 30-35% of the needed CO2 reductions, for example by saving energy and supporting the shift away from gas
  • Agriculture, where digital tech is in its early phase, but can play an enabling role in 20-25% of the needed CO2 reductions
  • Factories and supply chains, where tech enables 10-15% of the needed CO2 reductions

Building on an existing body of research, these insights suggest that emissions savings enabled by tech significantly outweigh tech’s own emissions. For example, just two applications — videoconferencing and artificial intelligence solutions for building management — are already saving emissions comparable to those associated with all European data centers, while using a fraction of the computing capacity. That said, there is still the potential and need to decarbonize, and we as a digital sector continue to work on this.

Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries said during the conference, “In the EU Green Deal, digital technologies and artificial intelligence play a major role. They help us measure the effectiveness of our legislation, monitor pollution and climate change, and model solutions. They are key enablers in the green transformation."

Key piece of the decarbonization puzzle: 24/7 carbon-free energy

Another research study released today by the Technical University of Berlin, supported by Google, compares the impact of different clean electricity strategies in Europe. Traditionally, companies purchase renewable energy to match their annual electricity needs, known as “100% renewable energy matching.” This has limited benefits for decarbonization.

Compared to this, Google’s first-of-its-kind approach of hourly matching of carbon-free energy, known as 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE), reduces significantly more carbon emissions — not only for the companies concerned, but the entire electricity system. This also spurs technology innovation for decarbonization.

Most essential of all: collaboration

Our work has taught us that many of the sustainability solutions that the world needs already exist. They’ve been researched, tested and piloted. It’s the collaboration — between policymakers, climate experts, technology providers, business and individuals — that is needed to put them to use.

As Sebastian Copeland, award-winning photographer, adventurer and environmental advocate, told the conference, “We do not have the luxury of time. Technology is well on the way to offer a path to sustainability. But we need the public and private sectors, and public opinion for systemic and lasting change — and each can only move as fast as the slowest one.”

We know people are looking for answers. They expect us to be responsible partners. They expect us to come together to find solutions and act. Together, we can — and must — move from pledges to progress. The time is now.

Engage your first-party audience in Display & Video 360

Successful businesses are leaning into existing customer relationships and the information they agree to share in order to enable improved experiences. This information, known as first-party data, can be the basis for privacy-preserving, future-proof ways to connect with customers. That's why we're creating a new way for advertisers to power their advertising using first-party data in Display & Video 360.

Publisher Advertiser Identity Reconciliation, or PAIR, is a new solution that gives publishers and advertisers the option to securely and privately reconcile their first-party data for audiences who have visited both an advertiser’s and a publisher’s site. Advertisers and publishers will be able to activate encrypted first-party information that is unique to their sites via aggregation. This process ensures no user-level data is ever shared between parties and the aggregated data is only readable and meaningful in the limited context of their direct relationship.

PAIR gives advertisers the ability to more closely connect with their known audiences, while avoiding tracking individuals across the web. As a result, advertisers can show relevant ads to some of their highest-intent audiences, helping to increase advertising performance and hit marketing objectives, while respecting people’s privacy expectations.

Connect with your most engaged customers with personalized ads

Consumers prefer relevant ads, but they don’t want them to come at the cost of their privacy. With PAIR, advertisers will be able to run relevant ads to their first-party audiences — like past purchasers and people on their loyalty lists — without relying on third-party cookies. PAIR can be used to engage with existing customers or cart-abandoners, and prevent consumers from seeing ads for a product they already purchased.

For example, imagine you’re a shoe retailer and a group of people have signed up to your store’s mailing list. Separately, these same people on your list have also shared their email addresses with a publisher when browsing content online. With PAIR, you will be able to reach these people with relevant ads on that publisher’s website, because they have an existing relationship with you and with the publisher.

We’ve heard positive feedback from advertisers and agencies alike. Like Annalect, many of them are looking forward to testing PAIR.

“It’s important for us to find new ways to help advertisers connect with their audiences without replicating third-party cookies’ pitfalls. PAIR will allow us to create more personalized ad campaigns for advertisers by harnessing their first-party data in a way that is secure and protects users’ trust in their brand. We’re excited to begin using PAIR and to continue engaging with customers in meaningful ways.”
— Adam Gitlin, President, Annalect

PAIR is designed for execution across all transaction types, and publishers will have the option to use their supply side platform of choice. Publishers like Grupo Prisa have already started using PAIR, saying:

"PAIR will be part of our cookieless strategy enabling us to deliver more relevant ads to our logged-in users and improve the performance of our advertising partners."
 — Manuel Castro, Transformation and Client Solutions Director, PRISA Media

Reconcile first-party data in a secure and privacy-preserving way

Seventy-six percent of advertisers and agencies find the usage of IDs based on pooled data concerning from a regulatory standpoint.[74bad1]That’s why PAIR is different: it doesn’t require pooling of audience data. Instead, each advertiser and publisher will maintain ownership and control of its data.

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PAIR will protect trust in your brand because it doesn’t allow for tracking people across the web, which we don’t believe meets user’s privacy expectations. Instead, users will only be shown ads from the advertisers and publishers with whom they have direct relationships, giving them more control of the ads they see.

PAIR also protects advertisers and publishers from data leaks by encrypting their first-party data three times with three different keys: an advertiser key, a publisher key and a key shared between the two parties. These keys are unique for every advertiser-publisher relationship and ensure there is no way for any one party to reverse-encrypt or identify users. After encryption and reconciliation, the advertiser and the publisher both receive the percentage match rate of their respective first-party audience lists, but no user-level matches or Personally Identifiable Information (PII) will be sent back. Similarly, no PII will be shared with either the supply side platform or with Display & Video 360.

Image shows the process of advertisers and publishers sharing their first-party data with data clean rooms, which is then shared with Display & Video 360 to run an ad.

Pick the partners that work for you

To connect the data, advertisers and publishers can use clean rooms. Clean rooms ensure any data shared by advertisers and publishers stays secure, and only their encrypted data gets shared with Display & Video 360 for reconciliation. Additionally, clean rooms help manage the data upload and encryption process, so advertisers and publishers don’t have to manage these on their own. This gives advertisers and publishers additional privacy technical guarantees and reduces the amount of data access needed by Display & Video 360.

We have already begun partnering with three clean-room providers, Habu, InfoSum and LiveRamp, with plans to integrate with Ads Data Hub (ADH). As we work to onboard more clean rooms, partners will have more choices.

"LiveRamp is excited to implement PAIR in Safe Haven and bring it to our 450+ marketers and 11,000+ publisher domains. Both marketers and publishers recognize there’s no silver bullet for the end of the cookie, and are seeking privacy-first solutions that enhance the customer experience."
— Scott Howe, CEO, LiveRamp

Building upon a first-party approach

If you’re a brand or publisher with first-party data, reach out to your Display & Video 360 team to learn more about how to start using PAIR.

PAIR is one of many ways we’re helping businesses run relevant ads in Display & Video 360 while respecting people’s privacy. We’re reimagining programmatic audience solutions using a multi-signal approach harnessing first-party data, machine learning and privacy-preserving APIs. This will give you the choice and resilience you need to build trust with your customers and meet their expectations for more personalized ad experiences.

Simplifying privacy-safe ads personalization

With many browsers blocking the use of third-party cookies, first-party cookies offer a privacy-first way for publishers and advertisers to create more relevant and engaging experiences for people who engage with their sites or apps. Large publishers with signed-in user bases and dedicated resources often use these identifiers to personalize people’s content and ads. However, not all publishers have these capabilities. That's why in November, we’ll expand the functionality of publisher first-party cookies from Google Ad Manager and AdSense beyond frequency management, fraud prevention and creative rotation to support ads personalization. This update will help publishers of all sizes easily serve personalized ads and potentially increase the value of their inventory in browsers where third-party cookies aren’t available — all while protecting people’s privacy.

Publisher first-party cookies for ads personalization

Next month, publishers who have first-party cookies enabled will be able to serve personalized ads with minimal technical effort. Here’s how it works. When a publisher allows, Google uses publisher first-party cookies to improve ad relevance on that specific publisher’s website by using information from ad interactions users took on the same site. These first party cookies are used by Google Ads and Display & Video 360 to create aggregated audiences to help advertisers reach their desired customers in browsers where third-party cookies aren’t available.

Publisher first-party cookies cannot be used to track users across the web. They are scoped per publisher, are not shared with other publishers, can’t be joined with any other identifiers and are subject to user consent. When publisher first-party cookies are enabled for ads personalization, ads are shown based exclusively on people’s behavior on a single publisher’s website. Publisher first-party cookies also respect people’s ads personalization preferences as indicated through the AdChoices controls.

As digital ads evolve to meet people's changing privacy expectations, we’re working on new ways to make it easier for publishers and content creators of all sizes to continue to thrive. For more information or to get started with publisher first-party cookies visit the Google Ad Manager and AdSense product support centers.

Introducing the world’s first laptops built for cloud gaming

Chromebooks have always been known for being fast, secure and easy-to-use devices. Since their launch more than a decade ago, we’ve improved their capabilities and expanded the variety of devices for people to choose.

Today, we’re taking that effort a step further, by introducing the world’s first laptops built for cloud gaming along with our partners Acer, ASUS and Lenovo. These new Chromebooks bring together gaming hardware features, access to the latest games with cutting edge graphics through the cloud, and software designed to make gaming fast and easy.

A lineup of gaming Chromebooks, powered by the cloud

We are announcing three new Chromebooks today: Acer Chromebook 516 GE, ASUS Chromebook Vibe CX55 Flip and Ideapad Gaming Chromebook from Lenovo. These laptops come loaded with features that are great for gaming, including 120Hz+ high resolution screens for crystal clear visuals, RGB gaming keyboards (on select models) with anti-ghosting capabilities for added speed and excitement, WiFi 6 or 6E for seamless connectivity and immersive audio to draw you into your game.

  • Image of a laptop with Acer logo and specs including display, WiFi, keyboard, speakers and processor.

    The new cloud gaming Chromebooks

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    The new cloud gaming Chromebooks

  • Image of a laptop with the Lenovo logo and specs shown include display, keyboard, WiFi, speakers and processor.

    The new cloud gaming Chromebooks

All cloud gaming Chromebooks have been independently tested and verified by leading game performance measurement platform, GameBench, to consistently deliver a smooth, responsive gaming experience with 120 frames per second and console-class input latency of under 85ms1.

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Adding more games and capabilities to Chromebooks

We’ve teamed up with NVIDIA to bring support for GeForce NOW’s highest performance RTX 3080 tier to cloud gaming Chromebooks, so you can stream titles like Fortnite, Cyberpunk 2077, Crysis 3 Remastered and more at up to 1600p resolution and 120 frames per second, taking full advantage of the 120Hz+ high-resolution displays.

The RTX 3080 membership also boosts your gameplay with features like ray tracing, which simulates how light behaves in the real world to make visuals hyper-realistic. The GeForce NOW app will come preinstalled on gaming Chromebooks, so getting to your favorite game will be even easier.

We’ve also worked with Microsoft to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) to Chromebook through an installable web app. You can access and install this app by visiting xbox.com/play. Xbox brings a library of hundreds of games including Forza Horizon 5, Grounded and Microsoft Flight Simulator, accessible through an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription.

Easy access to more than 1500 PC and console games

Chromebooks will now support three leading cloud gaming platforms — Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta), NVIDIA GeForce NOW and Amazon Luna2 — bringing with them full PC and console games straight from the cloud.

Plus, the new cloud gaming Chromebooks make it easier than ever for gamers to find the games they love and start playing them in an instant. Just tap the Everything button, find your game on your platform of choice, then launch the game. No installs. No downloads. No hassle.

Search for games on NVIDIChromebook screen animation that shows someone clicking the launcher button, searching for Destiny 2 and launching the game on NVIDIA GeForce NOW

A GeForce NOW and Google Play using the Chromebook’s Everything Button (3)

This search functionality will include games on NVIDIA GeForce NOW and Google Play at launch. We are seeking to include other cloud gaming platforms in the future.

Level up your gaming experience with new accessories

We know gamers love to enhance their gaming experience with accessories, so we’re partnering with leading peripheral manufacturers like Acer, Corsair, HyperX, Lenovo and SteelSeries to ensure their popular mice, headsets and controllers are tested and certified as part of the Works With Chromebook program.

Headset, wireless mouse and controller resting next to each other on a surface with a “Works With Chromebook” badge placed next to them.

From left to right: HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset, SteelSeries Rival 3 wireless mouse and SteelSeries Stratus+ controller, all of which are Works With Chromebook certified

Special offers to get you gaming

Cloud gaming Chromebooks will come with new offers that get you gaming right out of the box. New cloud gaming Chromebooks come with a three-month trial to Amazon Luna+ and NVIDIA GeForce NOW’s RTX3080 tier.4

With these offers, you can play nearly 200 of the 1500+ titles available on Chromebook at no cost, including games like Control Ultimate Edition, Overcooked 2, Fortnite and League of Legends.

Visit chromebook.com/perks from your new cloud gaming Chromebook for more details on these offers.

The perfect flexible device for “undercover” gamers

As we launch the first Chromebooks designed for cloud gaming, we understand that, today, Chromebooks are not necessarily known for being gaming laptops. A lot of people know our devices best for productivity (work, school, documents, presentations and spreadsheets) or online streaming (movies, television and music videos).

YouTube video about cloud gaming Chromebooks, featuring Coach Deion Sanders and his sons Shilo and Shedeur.
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But the new cloud gaming Chromebooks can actually be the perfect devices for gamers who aren’t always seen as gamers — “undercover” gamers, if you will. We’ve worked with actor Winston Duke, as well as Jackson State University head football coach Deion Sanders and his sons, Shilo and Shedeur, to show how easy it is to game on a Chromebook, while of course getting everything else done that you need to as well. It is the ultimate cloud gaming machine, disguised as a Chromebook.

Starting this October, you can order the new Acer Chromebook 516 GE, the ASUS Chromebook Vibe CX55 Flip and the Ideapad Gaming Chromebook from Lenovo. Learn more about these devices and their features by visiting chromebook.com.

Disclaimers:

1Tested at 1080p when plugged in to power while playing Fortnite and Destiny 2 using early access test accounts on NVIDIA GeForce NOW.

2Luna is available in the mainland US only.

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4Limited time offer. Terms and conditions apply.