Google announces Googlebook AI laptops starting at $899

All Googlebook models support backlit keyboards, 2.8K OLED displays, haptic glass keypads and a premium Intel or Qualcomm processor paired with a neural processing unit capable of more than 45 trillion operations per second for local AI inference. Baseline memory is 16 gigabytes, with some models reaching 32 gigabytes. Google says the battery provides up to 14 hours of video playback and 16 hours of web browsing.

The laptops bring Google's flagship Gemini assistant to the forefront and pair directly with the Android ecosystem out of the box, allowing users to move between a smartphone and the laptop without pausing. Google described Googlebooks as the prosumer evolution of the Chromebook and said it will keep developing the notebook-style lineup. The hardware is aimed at driving AI and productivity.

Google changed the keyboard to include keys that make it easy to summon Gemini Intelligence, the onboard and cloud-based AI assistant. Users can also activate Gemini with on-screen gestures through Magic Pointer: wiggling the mouse pointer brings up the assistant. A user can point at a notepad filled with dates and events and ask Gemini to update a calendar, point at a website or document and ask for a translation, or point at multiple windows and ask for a summary. Next to the Quick Insert key, Rambler turns spoken audio into organized writing with headers, checklists and formatted takeaways.

Google Antigravity, the company's agentic software development platform, is integrated into Googlebook. Users can customize their desktop by describing what they want in plain language, including through a Create My Widget feature that generates custom widgets for the desktop to share updates and information throughout the day. Developers can use Antigravity and Claude Code directly on Googlebooks to create apps and widgets with a command-line terminal, building, testing and deploying apps on the device.

Google has leaned into mobile-to-desktop connectivity. With Continue On, users can pick up where they left off on Android mobile devices; app developers can move context from smartphones to Googlebook from the taskbar, so a user can lock a phone, leave a car, sit at a desk and find the app ready where it was left. Mobile files now display as if they are local in Googlebook's Files app, allowing users to search and open files directly from the phone. Cast My Apps lets apps that run directly on a phone stream on the laptop in a desktop window without interruption, so users can open a window and run an app as if it were on the phone itself with a desktop experience.

Pre-orders are available on the Google Store, Best Buy and other select retailers. Devices will arrive on shelves on Oct. 4 in the United States and Oct. 5 in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany and Australia.