I usually do not think that a chromebook can move from toe to toe with MacBook or Windows PC, but can pair a pixel with it, and there is a whole new category that wins it.
Let’s clarify: Google has worked on laptops as inexpensive machines for basic productivity, and I have become a fan they are able to get – especially with its Chromebook plus lineup.
Can they match the raw power of Windows laptop or MacBook? No chance. But when the phone comes to bring another part of your ecosystem into the mixture through the hub? now we’re talking.
So far on my device ecosystem trip, I have matched my iPhone 16 with MacBook and even added that iPhone with Windows PC. And I want to say, using its Pixel 7 Pro with Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus, it is shown to me how much connectivity Google has given connectivity between equipment.
How? Well, keeping in mind that the best chromebooks are budget -friendly machines compared to their windows and Mac rivals, Phone hub The tool is packed with easy, easy-to-use connectivity features. In addition, streaming an app from a pixel to the chromebook is never old – and it also contains games.
It is not what the continuation of Apple’s continuity facilities can do, as you are able to mirror your iPhone on Mac and more. But the cross-conversion between a pixel and chromebook shows that you will not have to pay extra to enjoy an intuitive ecosystem of equipment.
This is not perfectly for pixel users, as the Android phone can unlock many of the same benefits on the chromos laptop, also (that, take Apple). Recently, from opening the chrome tab and jumping on an individual hotspot with a click of a button to detect your phone, there is a lot to praise about this connection between the phone and laptop.
After using my pixel with a Chromebook, here are the characteristics that I have found a kick – and you should not remember them either.
Pairing simplified
With most brands with multiple equipment connected together in a grand ecosystem, Google immediately makes a connection capable when its products are close to each other (call it “spidery sense” as type).
This happens when a chrombook raises that you use a pixel. Using the fast pair, I was able to immediately connect the Pixel 7 Pro with Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus, and I left for the race. There are some permissions that you have to accept, but as long as both devices have Bluetooth and share the same Wi-Fi network, they can immediately interchange between each other.
This was not contrary to pairing my iPhone 16 with MacBook Air, but Pixel-Chromebook Combo gets some kudos Very Simple implementation: A phone hub icon on the taskbar of Chromebook is correct.
This is here where you can easily interact with your chromebooks screen with features on your pixel. I can check the battery life of my phone, silence it, connect it to its hotspot if I need internet access (and for chromos, you will) and even find it.
I know, these are small features that cannot be used from time to time, but if it means that I do not have to take out my pixel to check my battery, then turn on the silence mode. If it is making a racket and even finding that it is on all laptops, it is a bonus.
All of them that always easily accessible – as it should be – is best to play for the strength of chrombooks: simplicity.
But it is just scratching the surface, as the Trump card under the sleeve of the phone hub is capable of streaming the apps from a pixel on a chromebook.
Your apps on screen
Who does not want more screen? Large, small, although they come, there is an additional way to multitak on a device. This is why I have enjoyed the use of iPhone Mirroring on my MacBook, because I can actually use all its apps without using the phone.
Well, a chromebook can also do the same with a pixel. Like By using the phone hub, you can stream apps on Chromebook and use them as you usually do. And I mean any app.
Therefore, instead of streaming the entire phone interface like a MAC, it makes a specific app instead. I found that this is an easy way to interact with apps that I want to use on the pixel, instead of using the phone on a chrombook. However, there is a warning, which I will get.
By being able to use my apps on the pixel via Galaxy Chromebook Plus, I can respond to messages on WhatsApp, open Google Docs, check websites on Chrome, scroll via Instagram and play better, I can play more.
I tried to play Balatro, and the phone hub also changed the aspect ratio for a better experience. As I found that while trying to play games on Chromebook, these machines are not made for gaming at all, but my Pixel 7 Pro can handle many more play store games, and it gives me a way to play on a chromebook.
This is incredibly easy, especially when I am willing to watch some YouTube videos while playing that extremely addictive card game. Now, I can do all this on the screen of Chromebook. I have found that the stream can striking a tade based on my Wi-Fi connection, but it all works equal.
I wish, I would be able to move the window displaying the streamed app, as it is permanently locked where the phone is placed on the hub (the lower-right side of the chromebook). This is not a huge disturbance, but being able to move freely, where I want to see my apps, it will be appreciated.
Regardless, being able to open all my recently used apps, and now I want to use, the correct process in the phone hub on a chromebook is a slightly simple process when using an iPhone and Mac connection. Not bad, Google.
Spraying on top
Chromebooks and Pixel devices fully use the suite of apps of Google, and the relationship between these two uses it. Along with being able to check information in the phone hub, it is also capable of drawing pictures taken on recent chrome tabs and pixels.
I have talked about my joy of being able to lift quickly, where I got out of one device from another device, and I enjoyed features like Windows or Aircraft for Handoff on MacBook that streamlves my productivity. A pixel and chromebook connection can mimic it.
While syncing Google photos, it means that I can take any picture on my Chromebook after taking my Pixel 7 Pro, the phone hub left me a step by allowing me to take a photo recently taken, download it, edit it and send it. As someone who always takes photos for reviews and beyond, I am for this spontaneous connection to all photos.
In addition to being able to stream apps such as chrome, the phone hub can also display the recent chrome apps used on a pixel and I can easily click to resume what was doing on this page. Just another way to jump from one device to another.
What is using a pixel with a chrombook?
The lure of matching of different devices for each other is an expensive to achieve access to the benefits of an ecosystem, and the facilities, while the accessories, are usually not worth overhaling the already existing setup.
He said, looking as Chromebooks is the cheapest laptop that you can get, and the Android phones like Pixel 9A are not set on flagship prices, Google’s phone hub connectivity is more accessible than the choice of connectivity Apple’s continuity tool – and its characteristics do not disappoint.
Will I use Chromebook as my daily driver for these tools? Impossible, but for those who are to use chromos laptops and have a pixel (or Android), this phone is worth taking maximum advantage of the hub, and I hope these connectivity features continue to be expanded.
