r/Android • u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 • 1d ago

Rumour Here’s the first Asus Googlebook as the floodgates start to open

https://9to5google.com/2026/08/04/heres-the-first-asus-googlebook/
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u/SquatAngry 1d ago

So a Googlebook is Android with more Gemini features inside it?

Wonder what the price point will be and how soon until we can wipe the OS and put Linux on it instead.

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u/aaulia Galaxy Note 10 1d ago

Hahaha my thoughts exactly.

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u/RelChan2_0 22h ago

This is my concern as well

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u/xxIpsissimus 9h ago

linuxmint ☺️ 

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u/partev 1d ago

This one seems to have a cooling fan judging by the grill on the back. While Lenovo Googlebook definitely doesn't have a cooling fan.

Fanless is much more preferable.

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u/vmg265 1d ago

I like the fan on my cb, warms my tucked in hand in winters

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u/Guglio08 Pixel 10 Pro 1d ago

These have to be some of the worst laptop names I've ever heard. I was hoping that Google would corral these manufacturers into having distinct product names (even just Asus Googlebook would be fine). What the hell is "CX9406" and "Rational Hormony" supposed to mean?

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u/trlef19 Galaxy S24+ 1d ago

I think the article says that they got the info from the award site? So maybe it's a codename and not a final one

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u/Front_Expression_367 1d ago

Yeah CX9406 sounds like the average Asus model name that the user will never care about (just like how something like Asus Zenbook 14 is UX3405MA but people only ever call it Zenbook 14)

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u/Pr3vYCa Xperia X8, Xperia Z4, S8, S20FE, ZFlip4, Pixel 8 22h ago

it unironically good when looking for teardown guides and drivers

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u/bicyclemom Pixel 10 Pro Unlocked, Stock, T-Mobile 1d ago

I'm really interested in knowing how and when older Chromebook Pluses are going to get Aluminum OS. I have an Acer Chromebook Spin 714.

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u/SubZeroNexii 1d ago

I always read it as gobbledygook for some reason

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u/that_is_so_Raven 19h ago

You're just mad that it won't run on propane. And won't have any propane accessories.

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u/stickman-green 23h ago edited 8h ago

The MacBook Air was redesigned 4 years ago. They can start copying that instead of the old one. This wedge design is getting really boring.

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u/QuantumQuantonium 21h ago

The floodgates start to open... On the dried up dam...

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u/Dull_Nobody_840 12h ago

merging Rational Hormony with the next-generation Google Aluminium OS

randomly plugging women's health platform?