Googlebook, the new laptop category Google positions as the successor to the Chromebook, went on sale in the United States on Sunday 4 October. Google announced the category on 12 May and opened pre-orders with a full launch on 21 September. Sales begin on 5 October in Canada, the UK, Ireland, France, Germany and Australia; Türkiye is not among the first-wave countries and no date has been announced for it.
Rather than building its own device, Google worked with five manufacturers. The first wave comprises the Acer Googlebook 14 ($899), the Dell XPS Googlebook ($1,199), the HP Googlebook 14 and ASUS Googlebook 14 ($1,299) and the Lenovo Googlebook 15. The $1,299 price Google gave for the Lenovo model at launch contradicted the company’s own announcement: Lenovo said its model, with a 15.3-inch 120Hz OLED display, would go on sale at $1,099.99. The devices use Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite or Intel Core Ultra processors, 16 to 32 GB of memory, 2.5K or 2.8K OLED touchscreens and aluminium chassis; Google claims up to 14 hours of video playback and 16 hours of web browsing. Twelve months of Google AI Pro is included.
Googlebook OS is an Android-based system built on desktop foundations inherited from ChromeOS; as 9to5Google put it, it’s Android, stupid. The platform’s main draw is integration with Android phones: users can reach phone apps and files from the laptop, which Digital Trends describes as the cohesion Windows has attempted in pieces but never matched to what Apple offers between iPhone and Mac. Gemini AI is built in; Lenovo even made a platform-specific AI Mouse with Gemini access.
Google insists Googlebook is a premium laptop category rather than a Chromebook with a new badge; ChromeOS will continue in education and managed fleets. Early coverage is split between acknowledging the ambition of the AI-first pitch and questioning whether it justifies a price that pushes Googlebook out of budget-Chromebook territory. Samsung’s absence from the launch manufacturers is a notable gap.
The 4 October US and 5 October international dates, the 12 May announcement and 21 September pre-orders: Wikipedia, Googlebook; Tech Insider, 28 September 2026. The five models, prices ($899, $1,199, $1,299) and manufacturers: Android Authority, 26 September 2026. Lenovo's $1,099.99 price, the 15.3-inch 120Hz OLED and the AI Mouse: Android Authority, 28 September 2026; Digital Trends, 29 September 2026. Processors, memory, displays and the 14 and 16 hour battery claims: 9to5Google, 21 September 2026. The 12 months of Google AI Pro, the premium positioning and the split coverage: Tech Insider. The Android-based system and ChromeOS continuing in education: Digital Pulse Brief, 26 September 2026.
The Lenovo model's price is given variously as $1,099.99, $1,299 and $1,349 across sources; this report follows Lenovo's own statement and notes the conflict with Google's list. No Türkiye release date appears in the sources. This is a launch report, not a product review.
The release date and price in Türkiye, first sales figures and the findings of independent reviews are not covered here.
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