Chromebooks getting big upgrade to catch up to MacBooks and PCs

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Chromebooks getting big upgrade to catch upwards to MacBooks and PCs

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Chromebooks have become the must-have device for students as remote learning has taken over during the Covid-19 pandemic. Luckily, Google'due south affordable laptop is well-nigh to be even more than useful.

In a weblog post, Chromebook product director Andy Russell revealed a bunch of new features and accessibility improvements are coming to Chromebooks this year. Simply none looks more than of import than screen recording.

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Russell writes, "Teachers have long recorded lessons to help students do homework and study for tests, simply in the by yr it'due south become downright disquisitional for virtual learning. Which is why we've built a screen recording tool correct into Chrome Os that is coming in the latest Chromebook update in March."

And then, it appears that much like on macOS, you lot're going to have a keyboard shortcut or some on-screen push to toggle a carte of screenshot buttons. Looking closely at the animation shared past Google (seen below), we learn this menu will open screenshots for portions of the screen and select windows, and likely the whole screen also.

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This is of course of paramount value to the classroom, as recording lessons and assignments can help teachers optimize how fourth dimension is used.

Russell's blog post explains that forty new Chromebooks are coming out in 2021, and he as well explained other new features. For accessibility, the ChromeVox screen reader is getting meliorate tutorials and adding the power to search menus. Plus, "vocalization switching that automatically changes the screen reader's vocalisation based on the language of the text."

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Henry is a senior editor at Tom's Guide covering streaming media, laptops and all things Apple tree, reviewing devices and services for the past six-plus years. Prior to joining Tom'due south Guide, he reviewed software and hardware for TechRadar Pro, and interviewed artists for Patek Philippe International Magazine. He'south as well covered the wild world of professional wrestling for Cageside Seats, interviewing athletes and other industry veterans.

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