Acer launches $349 Spin 11 amalgam Chromebook with Google Play support

Acer has appear two new Chromebooks and a Chromebox that all abutment Android apps. Here are all the details.

After a all-a-quiver start, Google’s bond of Chrome OS and Android apps has progressed abundant to accomplish Google Play abutment article of a accord breaker for abounding Chromebook buyers. Thankfully, there are affluence to accept from, including Acer’s anew appear Chromebook, the Spin 11.

Much like the Google Pixelbook, the Spin 11 is a laptop-tablet amalgam with a 360-degree articulation and a touchscreen affectation (11.6-inches). The big aberration comes in the amount department. While Google is allurement a minimum of $1,000 for its flagship, appraisement for Acer’s new convertible starts from aloof $349.

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Of course, with a cheaper allurement amount comes added bashful specs.

The Spin 11 comes with options for quad-core Intel Pentium (N4200), quad-core Celeron (N3450), or dual-core Celeron (N3350) processors, backed by amid 4 GB to 8 GB of RAM and 32 GB or 64 GB of storage. The IPS affectation itself, meanwhile, has a resolution of aloof 1366 x 768.

Feature-wise, all configurations accommodate two USB Type-C ports and two USB 3.0 ports, as able-bodied as a microSD agenda reader. There are additionally options for an added webcam and a arranged Wacom stylus. The Spin 11 launches in the US in March, with an EMEA barrage to chase in April.

Acer has additionally apparent two new Google Play-compatible Chrome OS articles for the apprenticeship bazaar – the Acer Chromebook 11 C732 and the Acer Chromebox CX13.

The C732 is a acceptable Chrome OS laptop and is accessible with or after a touchscreen. Models with a 11.6-inch touchscreen alpha at $299.99, while those after bead bottomward to aloof $279.99.

Spec-wise the latest 11-series Chromebook is agnate to the Spin 11, although it has been advised with an IP41 backbone appraisement so it can booty a few bumps and bruises from adolescent users.

The Chromebook 11 C732 is advancing to the US in March. There are additionally affairs for a 4G LTE model, but these won’t be fabricated accessible in the US market, Acer says.