# Googlebooks get their first big update, freeing up 3GB to 6GB of RAM

DevFeed: [Googlebooks get their first big update, freeing up 3GB to 6GB of RAM](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/googlebooks-get-their-first-big-update-freeing-up-3gb-to-6gb-of-ram-129082.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/11/11/googlebooks-get-their-first-big-update-freeing-up-3gb-to-6gb-of-ram/>)

Author: Anne Barela

Published: 2026-11-11T14:45:01Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Adafruit Industries](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/adafruit-industries-makers-hackers-artists-designers-and-engineers.md>)

Topics: [memory handling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/memory-handling.md>), [chromeos](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chromeos.md>), [Release notes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/release-notes.md>), [Beta channel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/beta-channel.md>)

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## AI overview

Google's first major Googlebook update frees 3GB to 6GB of RAM on the Acer Googlebook 14, Asus Googlebook 14 and Lenovo Googlebook 15, whose Intel Core Ultra 5 Panther Lake chips support the change. Google's Reddit post attributes the gain to an updated NPU driver and reworked memory management; the release notes describe it as improved on-device AI memory use. The Snapdragon-based Dell XPS Googlebook and HP Googlebook 14 are excluded from that RAM change, but all five launch models receive a browser memory fix for heavy tab loads. The update also fixes about 30 bugs, including DRM-video black screens on external monitors and Zoom crashes with background blur, and improves Linux terminal session handling and diagnostic logging.

## Source excerpt

Julio Franco at TechSpot writes that Google has pushed the first big software update for its Googlebook laptops, about a month after they went on sale. The main change frees up 3GB to 6GB of system RAM that the on-device AI features were holding onto. Google's release notes just say memory usage for on-device AI [...]