In the CHROME Lab, students collaborate with experts to develop new technologies that
improve human capabilities rather than limit them. Our study collaborators include academic
institutions, medical professionals, and people from marginalised groups for whom
technologies are frequently not built but from whom we may learn a lot about human
potential.
Our primary concern in the CHROME Lab is impact, applications of our study are found in
consumer technologies, healthcare, and education. We work hard to transfer our research
outside of the lab so that it can have an impact outside of its confines.
Come learn more with us!
To make it easier for Google Chrome users to find new features that Google wants them to test and provide
feedback on, Google has introduced this week a feature called 'Chrome Labs.
When enabled, Chrome Labs will display a small beaker (beaker) on the toolbar, that when clicked, will display a
menu of current experiments, or features, that are being actively developed.
Chrome is designed to be the fastest web browser. With one click, it loads web pages, multiple tabs, and
applications with lightning speed. Chrome is fitted with V8, a faster and more powerful JavaScript engine.
Chrome also loads web pages faster by using the WebKit open source rendering engine.
In May 2016, Google announced it would make Android apps available on Chromebooks via the Google Play
application distribution platform. At the time, Google Play access was scheduled for the ASUS Chromebook Flip,
the Acer Chromebook R 11 and the most recent Chromebook Pixel, with other Chromebooks slated over
time Partnering with Google, Samsung released the Chromebook Plus and Chromebook Pro in early 2017,
the first Chromebooks to come with the Play Store pre-installed.A February 2017 review in The Verge
reported that the Plus with its ARM processor handled Android apps "much better" than the Intel-based Pro, but
said that "Android apps on Chrome OS are still in beta" and are "very much [an] unfinished experience. The
number of Chrome OS systems supporting Android apps in either the stable or beta channel is increasing.
A Chromebook (sometimes stylized in lowercase as chromebook) is a laptop or tablet running the Linux-based
Chrome OS as its operating system. Initially designed to heavily rely on web applications for tasks using the
Google Chrome browser, Chromebooks have since expanded to be able to run Android and full-fledged Linux apps
since 2017 and 2018, respectively. All supported apps can be installed and launched alongside each
other.
Chromebooks can work offline; applications like Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Keep, and Google Drive
synchronize data when reconnecting to the Internet. Google Play video content is available offline using the
Google Play Movies & TV extension with the Chrome browser.
