Google Chrome 33.0.1750
Publisher and URL: Google;
https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/beta.html
ETA: Unknown
Why You Should Care:
This beta version enables Google Now notifications on your Windows, Mac, or Chromebook.
Released in early February, the Google Chrome 33.0.1750 beta introduced Google Now compatibility for Windows, Mac, and Chromebook systems. The Google Now feature in the Google Chrome beta works in conjunction with the Google Now capabilities on your Android or iOS device. In particular, you’ll be able to see Google Now cards that present information found in your Google account, such as calendar entries, your current location, and recent Google searches.
It can also display cards based on information in your Gmail messages, such as restaurant reservations, packages in transit, or flight itineraries.
To set up Google Now with the Google Chrome beta, you’ll need to sign into Chrome using the same Google account you use on your Android or iOS device. Google’s blog indicates that Google Now can do things like suggest that you leave the office a bit early to beat heavy traffic on the way to a dinner appointment.
Just some of the other Google Now cards that you’ll be able see on your desktop include information on weather, sports scores, and event reminder cards.
The notification will appear in the bell icon on the Windows System Tray or Mac OS X menu bar. You can also turn off Google Now in the Chrome beta if you don’t want to see action items in the Notifications Center.
Publisher and URL: Google;
https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/beta.html
ETA: Unknown
Why You Should Care:
This beta version enables Google Now notifications on your Windows, Mac, or Chromebook.
Released in early February, the Google Chrome 33.0.1750 beta introduced Google Now compatibility for Windows, Mac, and Chromebook systems. The Google Now feature in the Google Chrome beta works in conjunction with the Google Now capabilities on your Android or iOS device. In particular, you’ll be able to see Google Now cards that present information found in your Google account, such as calendar entries, your current location, and recent Google searches.
It can also display cards based on information in your Gmail messages, such as restaurant reservations, packages in transit, or flight itineraries.
To set up Google Now with the Google Chrome beta, you’ll need to sign into Chrome using the same Google account you use on your Android or iOS device. Google’s blog indicates that Google Now can do things like suggest that you leave the office a bit early to beat heavy traffic on the way to a dinner appointment.
Just some of the other Google Now cards that you’ll be able see on your desktop include information on weather, sports scores, and event reminder cards.
The notification will appear in the bell icon on the Windows System Tray or Mac OS X menu bar. You can also turn off Google Now in the Chrome beta if you don’t want to see action items in the Notifications Center.
