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8 Googlebooks at once: Google wants to drown the MacBook
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Four code names have just leaked: “Felino”, “Lapis”, “Moonstone” and “Ruby”. According to Android Authority, which relies on the specialized site Chrome Unboxed, Google is preparing at least eight Googlebooks for a launch in the fall.
These machines are based on merged Android and ChromeOS, the in-house project nicknamed internally “Aluminium OS”, designed to run Gemini, Google's AI, at the heart of the system.
Three founders, one platform
The interesting detail lies in the silicon, that is to say the chip which runs the machine. The leak divides the eight models between three suppliers. Four Googlebooks would feature Intel Panther Lake chips, the code name for the Core Ultra 300 series. Three others would run on Qualcomm Snapdragon X, an Arm architecture designed for autonomy. The last would inherit the MediaTek Kompanio Ultra, a high-end SoC already seen on Chromebook. The table below summarizes this distribution, as mentioned by Android Authority.
| Foundry | Number of models | Chip | Architecture |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel | 4 | Panther Lake (Core Ultra 300) | x86 |
| Qualcomm | 3 | Snapdragon X (Plus) | Arm |
| MediaTek | 1 | Kompanio Ultra | Arm |
Concretely, Google is not banking on a single flagship device but on an entire family, from x86 to Arm64. This is exactly what was promised when Googlebooks were officially announced: a variety of formats and prices from the start, with Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo as partners. Faced with the MacBook Neo, which is moving forward with a handful of very specific models, Google is playing with dispersion. Android Authority also notes that the Qualcomm chips could be the old Snapdragon X Plus rather than the X2, so not necessarily the latest in Arm performance.
A big unknown remains: the code names say nothing about the brands that will manufacture these machines, nor about the prices. Launching eight devices at once can seduce with choice, but also overwhelm the buyer with references that are impossible to decide between. As long as Google has not set prices and clear technical data sheets, these Googlebooks remain a catalog intention, not an offer.
