On Tuesday, Google officially announced the Googlebook. Which is essentially running Aluminum OS, though Google is not explicitly saying that. Instead, it says it’s based on Android and uses learnings from Chrome OS. But one of the big changes on this OS is actually the cursor.
Apparently, Google thought that the cursor we’ve had for decades, needed an upgrade. The Magic Pointer will be more intuitive when using Gemini.
Now, DeepMind, the part of Google behind this, is giving us more details on this new cursor and also demos we can actually try.
DeepMind says that their goal with Magic Pointer is “to address a common frustration: because a typical AI tool lives in its own window, users need to drag their world into it. We want the opposite: intuitive AI that meets users across all the tools they use, without interrupting their flow.”
Some examples that DeepMind are giving include pointing to an image of a building and requesting “show me directions”. Nothing more would need to be done by the user, as the AI system can already understand the context.
How will this change how you interact with your laptop?
The real question here is how this will change how you interact with your laptop, or your Googlebook, as it were. It is going to take some getting used to this new cursor, but in the long run, this should make it easier to get things done. This is how AI should be used: to make simple tasks even simpler and save you time.
The first Googlebook devices are not expected to launch until this Fall. But Google did say they are working with Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo on Googlebook devices. They will also be powered by a number of different processors, as we know that Intel, MediaTek, and Qualcomm are all working with Google on this, too.
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