u/AnalysingAgent3676

1. I believe this will follow a Google TV approach where a vanilla (aosp like) Android desktop version will exist for anyone to use but then when Google puts their Googly flavour on top of it and that makes it a Googlebook
2. This means that OEMs who choose to take the "aosp" version and put their skin on it, can create their own Android desktop flavour .... I'm looking at you Samsung with what I assume will be a Samsung Galaxy Dexbook
3. For OEMs who just want to pick up an os and put it on their laptops, they will use Googlebook OS like how Google TV is just picked up and used. I can't point to any TV boxes that use the "aosp" Android TV anymore
4. However with an "aosp" Android desktop os, hoping to see likes of bliss os and other x86 Android builds move to Android desktop "aosp" as their base so that more people can install Android desktop on any hardware they have
5. In terms of the magic pointer/cursor shaking thing, I don't get it. Why not just put a key on the keyboard? Is this maybe because they want a way for this OS to be installable on any hardware and give a way to access the feature on old laptops that don't have a dedicated button? Honestly, even then, I would prefer a icon in the system tray or something to trigger that mode. Shaking can be an accessibility challenge and could even result in accidental triggering (theoretically speaking)
6. Then there is the dedicated G button on the keyboard which is exactly where you would see a Windows button on Windows laptop keyboards. The G is also visible in the Googlebook dock as the first icon. Given its position on the dock and keyboard, this is definitely the way you open both the app drawer and universal search, similar to what the Windows key does
7. It is interesting that the G button doesn't exist in the leaked video of Android desktop but does exist in the Googlebook official videos. Again, I take it that the leaked version of Android desktop os is the "aosp" version and the official Googlebook will use a G instead for the launcher with a G keyboard button, but a skinned Android desktop (say one UI by Samsung) won't use G button
8. We are pretty sure the next Samsung Galaxy Unpacked hardware event in July/August will focus on fold 8 series, flip 8, Galaxy glasses and watch 9, but I have a strong feeling we'll see Galaxy Tabs and Galaxy Dexbooks in the September event. I mention these because I'm deep into the Samsung ecosystem now but would really like to have an Android laptop with Samsung oneui, but I'm also really happy that there is still a chrome os like approach too where other OEMs can just pick up and use a Google flavoured Android desktop os.

I also think we'll still see a Google branded pixel Google book in the future, called Pixel Book 2.

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