This Asus Chromebox doubles as a 15W wireless charging pad for your phone

If you want a hockey puck of a computer to easily deploy on a desk or behind a monitor, you’ll find plenty on sale, from the Mac Mini to Intel’s bare-bones NUC. But Asus is adding a “why didn’t anyone think of that?” feature to its new Chromebox 5 this year: a built-in 15W wireless charger for your phone and / or earbud case.

Asus didn’t include a non-watermarked image of charging, so here’s what we’ve got
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The Chromebox 5 runs the lightweight ChromeOS, which makes it a good pick for computer stations where lots of different users want to log in and have their Google and web apps ready and not have to worry about updates. It seems quite decently equipped, packing up to a 12th Gen Intel i7 processor, a PCIe Gen 4×4 SSD, two HDMI ports, a DisplayPort, 2.5Gbps Ethernet and Wi-Fi 6E, four USB-A ports (two front, two back), a front 3.5mm headphone jack and microSD reader, and one rear Thunderbolt 4 / USB-C.

It’ll start at $399 when it launches in Q1.

A white laptop with black screen bezel and lit up thin RGB keyboard and orange accents.

The Asus Chromebook Vibe CX34 Flip (CX3401).It should also have a stylus slot on the left.
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Speaking of ChromeOS, Asus is also introducing a new gaming Chromebook, the Chromebook Vibe CX34 Flip (CX3401). Gaming Chromebooks are kind of a weird category considering Google axed its Stadia cloud gaming service, and this one’s particularly awkward given how it’s decked out in Stadia’s orange and magenta colors… but Asus is still advertising that this one can play GeForce Now and Amazon Luna games on its 14-inch, 144Hz, 1920 x 1200 screen. This one also has a backflipping 360-degree hinge, a four-zone RGB backlit keyboard, HDMI 2.1 for 4K 60Hz output to a TV, a stylus with built-in garage, Wi-Fi 6E, and up to Core i7, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of PCIe 3.0 storage depending on the configuration.

The Asus Chromebook Vibe’s specs features include a webcam shield, too.

The Asus Chromebook Vibe’s specs features include a webcam shield, too.
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The Asus Chromebox 5 will start at $400.

The Asus Chromebox 5 will start at $400.
Image: Asus

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