Googlebooks have a pretty big problem: They don’t work with Samsung phones yet

TL;DR Googlebooks currently don’t support “Better Together” cross-device features with Samsung phones, despite being designed to work closely with Android devices.

Google confirmed that support for Android 17-compatible Samsung phones is coming over the next few weeks.

Samsung users considering a $900-$1,300 Googlebook may want to wait until the cross-device features actually work.

Googlebook laptops are finally official and available to purchase, but it looks like early users have discovered a rather disappointing omission from this initial release.

The whole promise of a Googlebook rests on the fact that these laptops are supposed to work seamlessly with your Android phone. However, as things stand, the cross-device features on these laptops don’t work with phones from the world’s largest Android smartphone manufacturer: Samsung.