TechRadar Hands-On: Googlebook Combines ChromeOS and Android in a Bid to Answer the MacBook
TechRadar's Lance Ulanoff says he tried Google's new MacBook rival, called the Googlebook, which combines ChromeOS with Android, and described it as potentially the start of something big.
According to the TechRadar headline, Ulanoff personally tried the Googlebook. The report frames the product as a direct response to Apple's MacBook, placing it in the competition for laptop buyers who might otherwise choose Apple's hardware. The headline also identifies the central technical claim about the device: that it brings ChromeOS and Android together in one product.
Ulanoff is an award-winning technology journalist and a 38-year industry veteran. Before joining TechRadar, he was editor in chief of Lifewire and chief correspondent for Mashable, and he previously served as editor in chief of PCMag.com and senior vice president of content for Ziff Davis. His first-person assessment carries the weight of a long career covering consumer technology.
Beyond the product description and Ulanoff's early verdict, TechRadar's headline does not include specifications, pricing, release date or detailed performance results. The report does not present the Googlebook as a finished retail product in the headline, but as a new Google answer to the MacBook that Ulanoff has tried.
TechRadar's framing suggests the significance lies in the combination of ChromeOS and Android rather than in a single hardware specification. The report calls the device a potential beginning rather than a completed shift, and it stops short of declaring it a MacBook replacement. No separate statement from Google appears in the material available from the report.
Published on September 21, 2026, the TechRadar article is a first-impression account. It does not include benchmark results, battery life figures, screen details, processor information or a launch window. The only direct assessment in the headline is that the Googlebook 'could be the start of something big.'