Google is working on new UWB-based features for Chromebooks
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- 22 Aug 2023
BM, 21 Aug 2023But you can run linux applications in chrome OS flex. There... moreStandalone Linux still gives better customer support in the first place as the distro developers knows how to deal with problems related to their distro in the first place. To me, Linux experience on ChromeOS and also on Windows Subsystem is still too geeky for general customers.
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- 21 Aug 2023
Darth Caesium, 19 Aug 2023I don't care about Chomebooks at all, considering Chro... more"What interests me more is UWB potentially replacing Bluetooth. Bluetooth has a 4Mbps data transfer rate, while UWB's is 1Gbps. This could potentially lead to lossless audio with little to no latency. I will never use Bluetooth headphones unless they have single-digit latency and provide lossless audio, which can't happen unless either the Bluetooth 6 spec has 1Gbps data transfer rates, or UWB replaces Bluetooth."
- CD quality wireless audio doesn't require anywhere near 1Gbps. Spark Microsystems a Canadian semiconductor company specialising in next-generation Ultra-Wide Band. Have already successfully demonstrated a prototype wireless headset using UWB with a 10Mbps rate back at CES 2023 for uncompressed 24bit/96kbps high-res CD quality and better. Latency is also only 3ms, which is considerably much lower than Bluetooth!
" Either way, the people behind Bluetooth are sitting on their asses all lazy and complacent, so I don't think Bluetooth is going to survive in the next 5 years or so."
- Bluetooth is already in practically everything smartphones, portable speakers, laptops, cars, smartwatches, smart lights ect. It's not going to go away anytime soon.... similar how the outdated Jpeg image format will still be the default on smartphones for a long time!
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- 21 Aug 2023
Anonymous, 20 Aug 2023You can actually run Linux in ChromeOS. That's not som... moreBut you can run linux applications in chrome OS flex. There is absolutelty no reason why you couldn't. And for most people/companies that is the whole point in getting chrome OS flex instead of a linux distribution.
This is how you do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsWgzH3OzYY
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- 20 Aug 2023
Anonymous, 19 Aug 2023I don't know if you've been in a school lately, b... moreYeah, I know that. Also, I meant students.
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- 20 Aug 2023
Darth Caesium, 19 Aug 2023I don't care about Chomebooks at all, considering Chro... moreYou can actually run Linux in ChromeOS. That's not something you can do with Android and ChromeOS Flex.
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- 20 Aug 2023
Shellyman Studios, 19 Aug 2023If the UWB replaces Bluetooth in the future the article men... moreApple will only use something if it has gone stable enough for everyday use.
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- 20 Aug 2023
Darth Caesium, 19 Aug 2023I don't care about Chomebooks at all, considering Chro... moreThat was a very cogent argument, therefore, I have no choice but to agree with it wholeheartedly, lol.
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- 19 Aug 2023
justasmile, 19 Aug 2023Who would get Chromebooks? Just get a Samsung Tab S9 and a ... moreAnyone has an opinion.. ok we love you. I still prefer a proper Chromebook for PC and if I go back to desktop then a traveling pad (from bed to sofa 😀) would be perfect for the rest things.
But aside our preferences and needs Chromebook and Tablet are different things. Think like iPad vs MacBook. One runs iOS on bigger screens and the other runs Mac os which is for Computing and even bigger screens. Different architecture for different application
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- Anonymous
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- 19 Aug 2023
Fast, frictionless, cross-OS* wireless peer-to-peer data transfer without web accounts. That'll be the day. Bluetooth is too slow and fiddly, and Wifi Direct somehow never got traction. How many more years must we wait?
*: Something non-clunky between Android and Windows would suffice, since Apple always does their own thing anyway.
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- 19 Aug 2023
Shellyman Studios, 19 Aug 2023If the UWB replaces Bluetooth in the future the article men... moreyou mean like they did with 3g, 4g, 5g, 802.11* protocols, BT, NFC, etc, etc? Apple will come out with it in the same year we lose ICE in new vehicles and will be so late to the party that android users will have tried that, thought - meh and the tech will only catch on with iSheep.
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- 19 Aug 2023
I don't care about Chomebooks at all, considering Chrome OS is so limited and I prefer Linux. What interests me more is UWB potentially replacing Bluetooth. Bluetooth has a 4Mbps data transfer rate, while UWB's is 1Gbps. This could potentially lead to lossless audio with little to no latency. I will never use Bluetooth headphones unless they have single-digit latency and provide lossless audio, which can't happen unless either the Bluetooth 6 spec has 1Gbps data transfer rates, or UWB replaces Bluetooth. Either way, the people behind Bluetooth are sitting on their asses all lazy and complacent, so I don't think Bluetooth is going to survive in the next 5 years or so.
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- 19 Aug 2023
Shellyman Studios, 19 Aug 2023If the UWB replaces Bluetooth in the future the article men... moreas an apple employee I can tell you with certainty, apple will never be first. They are a company based on innovation (taking other peoples tech and making it better/or same) FaceID, TouchID, etc etc
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- 19 Aug 2023
Shellyman Studios, 19 Aug 2023If the UWB replaces Bluetooth in the future the article men... moreBy that logic Apple would never copy Android. Sadly that's not the case.
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- 19 Aug 2023
justasmile, 19 Aug 2023Who would get Chromebooks? Just get a Samsung Tab S9 and a ... moreI don't know if you've been in a school lately, but Chromebooks completely own the education market.
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- 19 Aug 2023
Who would get Chromebooks? Just get a Samsung Tab S9 and a decent Bluetooth keyboard. It's similarly priced to those average Chromebooks and offers about the same performance as one of the 13th gen Intel i9s.
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- 19 Aug 2023
If the UWB replaces Bluetooth in the future the article mentioned, I bet you right now, Apple will be the first.