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This week on The Chrome Cast, we’re discussing the absolute tidal wave of Chromebooks coming our way in 2020. We fully expect to see a few of them at CES in January and a solid portion of the rest in the weeks to follow. With devices in the ‘Hatch’ and ‘Kukui’ families dominating the scene, we’re in for more new Chromebooks than we’ve ever seen prior.

We spend a bit of time discussing Qualcomm’s probable role in all this as well with the upcoming Snapdragon 7c looking quite likely for the future of Chrome OS. Though we’ve been tracking ‘Cheza’ as the first Snapdragon-powered Chromebook for almost 2 full years, it looks like that future will give way to the Snapdragon 7c and a baseboard only known right now as ‘Trogdor’.

Finally, we pay a bit of homage to Sundar Pichai’s promotion to CEO of Alphabet and how his presence at Google throughout the years is likely responsible for the growth and longevity of Chrome OS as a whole.

NOTABLE LINKS

• Why we feel confident a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Chromebook is in development
• The new wave of Chromebooks and Chrome OS tablets we are expecting in early 2020
• At $399, this is 100% the Chromebook I would buy right now
• Sundar Pichai is now CEO of Google and Alphabet, and that is great news for Chromebooks
• Lenovo Chrome OS Tablet testing confirmed and it won’t be alone
• A lucky few are getting a mysterious HP Chromebook x360 with a Core i5 in place of the i3 they purchased

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