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Chromebooks are popular with students — but Google wants teachers using them, too

by | Mar 28, 2023


Text reads Improving Chromebooks for educators and readers everywhere. A hand-drawn laptop displaying the Chrome logo with a user on either side.
Big news for Chromebook users. | Image: Google

Google has announced a laundry list of classroom-focused updates to its services, across ChromeOS, Google Classroom, Docs, and more. Many of the tools center around teachers — in particular, using AI to save teachers time.

It’s safe to say that Chromebooks are a classroom staple, with many tens of millions currently circulating in schools. But demand in that space has slowed, and the past few years have seen various OEMs release a number of flashy, premium Chromebooks in efforts to target older (and perhaps deeper-pocketed) audiences.

Google itself appears to have its eye on one such demographic: educators. The company has spent the past year speaking to teachers about their computing habits and computing needs. “A lot of teachers were…

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