Google extends Cursive, its notes app for Chrome OS, to more compatible Chromebooks

Google just released a new Chrome OS update, where among other things, Chrome 102 expands its notes app to all Chromebooks that support stylus inputadds alerts for USB-C cables with limited functionalities, in addition to allowing the size of the enlarged part of the screen to be changed, among other new features.

All of them will reach the hands of users of Chromebooks devices over the next few weeks, when they can already count on the update available to install their devices.

As we have already advanced, Google now extends Cursive to all Chromebooks that support stylus input. With this application, users will be able to create notes where they can write, sketch, paste images, and more, with editing capabilities, classifying notes by projects, and more.

This app made its debut last year on select devices, and now it’s on any Chromebook with stylus support. Those who do not get it pre-installed can search for it as cursive.apps.chrome and install it manually if your device supports it.

And Google advances that:

In the coming months, we will also introduce features for further customization, such as more easily changing the thickness, style, and color of the stylus stroke.

On the other hand, this update also brings the alerts for USB-C cables with limited functionality, which simply warns that certain features cannot be provided with the connected USB-C cablewhich does not mean that it is defective, just that it is incompatible with an external display, it is not ideal for the Chromebook unit that is being used, among other possible options.

For starters, this feature is available for Chromebooks with 11th or 12th Gen Intel Core CPUs and USB4 or Thunderbolt capability, though Google promises to expand it to Chromebooks over time.

The company says that:

Eligible Chromebooks will notify you if the USB-C cable you’re using doesn’t support displays or doesn’t work ideally for your laptop. You’ll also get a notification if the cable you’re using doesn’t support the high-performance USB4/Thunderbolt 3 standards that your Chromebook supports.

As we have also noted, this update already allows to change the size of the enlarged part of the screen with the enlargement tool, avoiding uniform divisions in case you are not interested in this way of working.

And also, double-tapping a ZIP file will open its contents in the Files app via your navigation drawer.

If they want to have a local copy, they can drag their content into the Downloads folder. An alternative is to press the right mouse button on said file and press “Extract all” to have all its content locally in the location indicated.

And while version 102 of Chrome begins to arrive, those interested have a preview of version 103, which now arrives in beta.

More information: Google