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| Manufacturer | Asus; Google |
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| Introduced | March 31, 2015 |
| Cost | US $85 [1] |
| Type | Stick PC |
| Memory | 2 GB |
| Connection | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth |
| Ports | HDMI, USB |
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The Chromebit is a stick PC running Google's ChromeOS. It is able to be plugged into any display via HDMI to act as a personal computer. Keyboards and mice are able to be connected over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. The device was announced in April 2015 and began shipping November 2015.
A Chromebit uses a display with an HDMI port to control a desktop variant of the Chromebook netbook, which runs Google's ChromeOS operating system. ChromeOS primarily supports a single application, a web browser, thereby relying heavily on an Internet connection for software functionality and data storage. [1]
Chromebits have a superficial resemblance to the Chromecast, another Google device. But whereas the Chromecast is designed to display multimedia and web content from an Android or ChromeOS device on a television or other large-screen display, the Chromebit is a self-contained personal computer. [2] The device competes against the Intel Compute Stick, which offers similar plug-in functionality using two other operating systems, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. [3] [4]
Internally, the first Chromebit resembles a standard Chromebook laptop. [5] The device features 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0, as well as a USB 2.0 port at one end. The other end swivels, enabling it to fit into a variety of HDMI slots. [2] The Chromebit has a total RAM capacity of 2 gigabytes and 16 gigabytes of flash memory.
Google announced the Chromebit on March 31, 2015. Google and Asus began shipping the first model that November. [6] [7] The Chromebit no longer received updates after November 2020. [8]
| Announced | Brand | Model | Processor | RAM | Storage | Size |
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| March 2015 | Asus | Asus Chromebit CS10 | Rockchip RK3288 | 2 GB | 16 GB | 12 CM |
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