Our first five impressions of Googlebooks — exciting but underbaked

October 6, 2026 Antonio G. Di Benedetto

An Asus Googlebook 14 laptop on a wood table.
We’re in the process of testing all the Googlebooks. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

Googlebooks are here. The first models went on sale Sunday, October 4th, and we received review units of all five Googlebooks about 24 hours ago. Since then, we've been in a mad dash to put the devices through their paces and get a check on what it's like to use these Android laptops.

At first glance, Googlebooks feel very Chromebook-ish, and at times a little janky. But Google has some great new ideas afoot on how a laptop and phone interact. You can already link your phone to a Windows laptop to sync your notifications and mirror your whole iPhone on macOS. But Googlebooks allow you to take actions on your phone from your laptop in a way …

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