Google’s modern Chromebook update adds a function that tells you if your USB-C cable has restricted functionality, the organization introduced Friday. USB-C cables can have widely varying capabilities, offering things like different charging and data switch speeds on a cable-by-cable basis, so this new Chromebook function seems like it could be a beneficial tool to help troubleshoot issues.
“Eligible Chromebooks will notify you if the USB-C cable you’re using won’t support displays, or isn’t acting preferably for your laptop,” Google says in a blog post. “You’ll also get a notification if the cable you’re using doesn’t support the high overall performance USB4 / Thunderbolt 3 standards that your Chromebook does.” The new function is coming first to Chromebooks with 11th or 12th Gen Intel Core CPUs that support USB4 or Thunderbolt, according to the blog, “with more gadgets to come.”
The new replace also consists of a few more features. Google is updating the split-screen magnifier function so that you can resize the magnified portion of the display, letting you select if you need to see more or less of the zoomed-in area. Here’s a GIF from Google showing how that works:
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