Chromebook Plus is Google’s new certification for premium Chromebooks

Google has launched Chromebook Plus, a brand new certification that’s meant to assist customers establish high-quality Chromebooks to purchase. Very like Intel’s Evo program for Home windows PCs, the Chromebook Plus branding shall be awarded to laptops that meet a set of minimal necessities. The concept is that even a client who’s not accustomed to PC specs can see the “Chromebook Plus” label on a product and be assured that Google thinks it’s a great product.

Chromebook Plus units will need to have:

There’s an attention-grabbing absence right here: battery life. In reality, the phrase “battery life” doesn’t seem as soon as in Google’s press launch. Curious! I requested Google spokesperson Peter Du about this, and he supplied the next assertion: “All Chromebooks are required to satisfy a ten hours battery life requirement based mostly on inside testing requirements. Whereas not a brand new requirement for Chromebook Plus just like the 1080p display or 8GB of RAM, Chromebook Plus laptops should additionally adhere to this.”

I imply, I suppose. I’d like to know what these inside testing requirements are. Regardless, Chromebooks are typically regarded as transportable units, battery life contributes closely to a product’s viability as an on-the-go driver, and I’ve to surprise why it wasn’t any kind of precedence right here.