Chromebooks Are Getting a Brand New Key: Here’s What It Does

Chromebooks are a great affordable way to work. However, that doesn’t mean they’re devoid of cool features you might look forward to. In fact, the next time you pick up a Chromebook you should find a brand new key on your keyboard, and it could help you save time getting your work done.

New Quick Insert key on Chromebooks

In an announcement on Google’s official blog The Keyword, the company explains in detail what this new key does. It’s called the “Quick Insert” key, and according to its description and diagrams, it lives on the same key as the Caps Lock key:

The new Quick Insert key provides instant help wherever you need it. By tapping the dedicated keyboard button, a menu immediately gives you access to everything you might need, like editing what you’re typing, quickly adding a URL link, or instantly finding the perfect emoji or GIF.

So, if it’s on the Caps Lock key, and tapping it turns on Quick Insert, how do you turn on Caps Lock? Unfortunately, Google doesn’t go into detail about how you toggle Caps Lock, but it can now be activated by holding down a key (presumably the function key) and then pressing Caps Lock.

So, what does this new Quick Access menu do? This menu has several features, such as easy access to Gemini’s “Help Me Write” feature. It lets you ask Gemini to generate some text based on a prompt, which can be useful when you’re not sure what to say.

The menu also adds some emojis and GIFs for Quick Access, a list of your recently visited websites, a search field for files in your Google Drive, and some handy math tools for completing simple tasks. This special key will make its debut on the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus, but if you don’t have it, you can still open the Quick Access menu by pressing the Launcher key + F.

Other cool AI features coming to Chromebooks

Quick Access isn’t the only thing added to Chromebooks. Chromebook Plus models get access to some handy AI tools to help with productivity. For example, “Help me” can break down very long documents into short summaries to make them easier to digest, and Live Translate uses AI to automatically translate any text or audio into another language. As such, there are plenty of reasons why your next laptop should be a Chromebook.

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