David Pierce, reporting for The Verge, got an inside look at how the Googlebook project came together at Google and what problem it’s trying to solve.

There was a lot announced at this year’s Meta Connect, from new Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, ones without the camera, to Meta’s impressive VR Glasses, which feel like a slimmed-down version of what the Vision Pro should have been. They discuss it all, plus how the company is handling privacy with its new Muse AI product, and its response to the “Pervert Glasses” controversy. Highly recommend giving this interview a watch:

This new line of laptops isn’t meant to replace the classic, cheap Chromebook per se, but to integrate deeply with Android devices and sit in the premium laptop category. Instead of making the hardware themselves, they’ve partnered with laptop OEMs to make some pretty sleek-looking laptops. We’ve got one on pre-order (the XPS version) and will share our thoughts and how it compares with other laptops later in the year. You can read the full announcement on Google’s blog.