Google opens pre-orders for Android-based Googlebooks, arriving October 4

Google began taking pre-orders for the first Googlebooks on September 21, 2026, with the laptops set to arrive on October 4 in the US and October 5 in the UK, Canada, Ireland, France, Germany and Australia. Googlebooks represent the Android-based evolution of ChromeOS and Chromebooks, a plan Google formally announced about five months ago.

Sameer Samat, Google's president of Android, said the goal is to build a laptop platform that works seamlessly with Android phones. The new OS is powered by Android underneath, while an isolated Linux environment with a full terminal remains available for developers. It also keeps Titan hardware security chips and built-in malware protection from Chromebooks.

The devices are designed for tighter phone-laptop integration: logging in can restore saved passwords, Wi-Fi networks and message history; a 'continue on' feature hands off apps from an Android phone to a nearby Googlebook; phone storage appears in the Files app; and apps can be streamed from the phone to the laptop via the dock.

AI is a major part of the platform. The AI-powered Magic Pointer, first teased in spring 2026, can select images, paragraphs or full windows and combine them in a Gemini queue for analysis. Rambler, introduced with the Pixel 11 series, turns unstructured speech into clean text, and Create Your Widget lets users generate desktop widgets from a description. Each Googlebook includes one year of Google AI Pro, a $199-per-year plan that adds 5TB of Drive storage, Gemini in Gmail and Docs, YouTube Premium Lite and other benefits.

The first five models come from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo. The Acer model starts at $899, and all models feature at least 16GB of RAM; four have 2.8K OLED touchscreens, while the smaller Dell model uses a 2.5K display.