Mark your calendars: A Googlebook ‘celebration’ is happening next month

Google has set a date for a "celebration" event. Mark your calendars: A Googlebook ‘celebration’ is happening next month.

Preorders start September 21. A Googlebook ‘celebration’ event is set for October 5.

Big Tech Google A Googlebook ‘celebration’ event is set for October 5 Google’s latest lineup of AI-centric laptops could start shipping in a few weeks. The company revealed on Monday that it’ll open up pre-orders on September 21 and now it announced a "celebration" of the devices, about which it hasn’t said much since May.

It will show off the hardware in New York City on October 5 at an event it’s calling Opening Night. The soiree will feature "interactive showcases and the debut of the first laptop designed for Gemini Intelligence," Google said in an invite.

Googlebooks may start shipping around that time too — the company will surely want to start selling it before the holiday shopping season. It feels odd for Google to formally show off said laptop for the first time weeks after it starts taking pre-orders.

Perhaps we’ll get more details about these devices by the time Google starts taking people’s money for them next week. What we do know is that these AI-centric Googlebooks run on a version of ChromeOS that’s based on Android.