Pixelbook Go laptop with Chrome OS has 13.3″ screen and is 13mm thick – update

Google is releasing the Pixelbook Go, a thin and light Chromebook with a 13.3″ touchscreen. The device will be priced at $649 and it’s a traditional laptop, unlike the original Pixelbook and Pixel Slate, which were 2 years old. in-1s.

The Pixelbook Go weighs about 0.9kg and the magnesium housing has a matt finish with ridges, which should provide a good grip. According to Google, the battery lasts up to twelve hours on a single charge and twenty minutes of charging is good for two hours of use.

The keyboard is a variant of that in the more expensive Pixelbook from 2017. Google promises silent keystrokes and there is backlight. It is not clear what the difference is with the keyboard from the Pixelbook.

According to Google, there is powerful hardware in the Pixelbook Go and the laptop boots in seconds. The laptop is automatically provided with updates. Earlier it appeared that there will be variants with Intel Core m3, i5 and i7 and with full-HD or 4k screen. The storage space is 64GB, 128GB or 256GB and the working memory consists of 8GB or 16GB dram.

Google will begin taking orders for the Pixelbook Go in the US and Canada on Tuesday. The laptop can also be ordered in the United Kingdom from January. It is not yet known whether and when it will be the turn of other European countries.

Update: Google has put the product page online. The Pixelbook Go gets eighth-generation Intel processors, so no new Comet Lake or Ice Lake chips. Only the most expensive model with Core i7, 16GB ram and 256GB SSD has a 4k screen. That version costs 1399 dollars.