Googlebook review: Android on a laptop is still Android

Google's Googlebooks represent another attempt to scale Android beyond phones to larger devices, following earlier efforts with tablets, Chromebooks and foldables. These premium Android laptops aim to compete with Windows and macOS by offering native Android app support. However, the reviewer finds the Android roots show throughout the experience—sometimes feeling like a Chromebook, sometimes like a giant phone, but rarely like a premium laptop. The entrenched software ecosystems and UI conventions of existing laptop OS platforms make displacing them difficult.

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