Best Chromebooks and Googlebooks (2026): Laptops With a Google Touch

Five Googlebook models have been released so far, and I’ve been testing them for the past couple of weeks. Despite being some of the most premium laptops Google has ever had in its laptop ecosystem, that doesn’t mean you should rush out and buy one. First-generation products always come with their fair share of compromises, and that’s certainly true here. As someone who’s been testing Chromebooks for over a decade, here are my suggestions on which to buy—and which to skip.

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Unlike my Windows or MacBook laptop recommendations, I’m starting with something on the cheaper end of the spectrum.