
In the fall of that year, Google released its own Pixel Slate, along with some OS updates to accommodate touch-only users. The move to keyboard-less tablets running Chrome OS started with the summer 2018 release of the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 for the education market.
How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication. How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac. How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files. How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill. How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad. How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages. From this settings window, you can really tweak the look of ChromeOS to your liking, and the implementation of Google Photos is perfect, allowing you to choose individual photos or albums for wallpapers or screensavers to your heart’s content. The wallpaper picker adds Google Photos as a source, the light/dark mode works flawlessly and allows for a sunset timer to switch to dark mode, and the screensaver is integrated perfectly as well. When you right-click on the desktop and select “Set wallpaper & style,” you’ll find a new area that allows you to set your wallpaper, choose light/dark mode, and set up your screensaver. Again, not new, but without flags or additional setup steps, it is nice to see this present in ChromeOS 104. Last but most certainly not least is the new personalization hub.
The older notification section always looked bolted-on to me, and this new notification center matches the look of established ChromeOS features like the Tote and Phone Hub areas, making your notification feed look like it actually belongs on your Chromebook. On the other side of that System Tray is the updated notification section that finally looks like it belongs in ChromeOS. The split clock/date setup is here along with an updated Calendar widget that comes with some nice visual updates and animations. On the other side of the shelf is the System Tray, and it is getting some new features finalized in version 104 as well.