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Google Takes on Apple, Microsoft With AI-Powered Laptops

Bloomberg Technology Monday 21 September 2026, 17:51 UTC 1 min read
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Google is taking another shot at the premium laptop market with its Googlebooks, priced at $899 and built around Gemini AI and with tighter integration with Android phones. Sameer Samat, president of the Android Ecosystem at Google, explains why the company combined elements of Android and ChromeOS for the new experience and how some of the new features are designed to challenge Apple and Microsoft in the AI PC race. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."

Google is taking another shot at the premium laptop market with its Googlebooks, priced at $899 and built around Gemini AI and with tighter integration with Android phones. Sameer Samat, president of the Android Ecosystem at Google, explains why the company combined elements of Android and ChromeOS for the new experience and how some of the new features are designed to challenge Apple and Microsoft in the AI PC race. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)
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