First introduced in 2011, the Google laptop is a personal computer running Chrome OS as its operating system. Also called a Chromebook, the device is designed to be used while connected to the Internet, though there are a variety of apps that can be run offline. All the data is stored in the cloud accessed by an internet connection.

Google initially worked with a number of hardware manufacturers such as Acer, Samsung, Lenovo and HP to produce the laptops. Google itself entered the hardware market in early 2013 by producing its own brand of Chomebooks. In addition to laptop models, a desktop version, called a Chromebox, was introduced in May 2012.

2013 was the first year in which more Google laptops were sold than those running Microsoft Windows or Apple OS.