<s>
The	O
Chromebit	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
stick	B-Device
PC	I-Device
running	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
be	O
plugged	O
into	O
any	O
display	O
via	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
to	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Keyboards	O
and	O
mice	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
be	O
connected	O
over	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
or	O
Wi-Fi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Chromebit	B-Protocol
uses	O
a	O
display	O
with	O
an	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
port	O
to	O
control	O
a	O
desktop	B-Device
variant	O
of	O
the	O
Chromebook	B-Operating_System
netbook	O
,	O
which	O
runs	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
primarily	O
supports	O
a	O
single	O
application	O
,	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
,	O
thereby	O
relying	O
heavily	O
on	O
an	O
Internet	O
connection	O
for	O
software	O
functionality	O
and	O
data	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chromebits	B-Protocol
have	O
a	O
superficial	O
resemblance	O
to	O
the	O
Chromecast	B-Device
,	O
another	O
Google	B-Application
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
whereas	O
the	O
Chromecast	B-Device
is	O
designed	O
to	O
display	O
multimedia	O
and	O
web	O
content	O
from	O
an	O
Android	O
or	O
Chrome	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
device	O
on	O
a	O
television	O
or	O
other	O
large-screen	O
display	O
,	O
the	O
Chromebit	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
self-contained	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
competes	O
against	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
Compute	I-Device
Stick	I-Device
,	O
which	O
offers	O
similar	O
plug-in	O
functionality	O
using	O
two	O
other	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
Windows	B-Device
8.1	I-Device
and	O
Windows	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internally	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
Chromebit	B-Protocol
resembles	O
a	O
standard	O
Chromebook	B-Operating_System
laptop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
features	O
802.11ac	O
Wi-Fi	O
and	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
4.0	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
USB	B-Protocol
2.0	O
port	O
at	O
one	O
end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
end	O
swivels	O
,	O
enabling	O
it	O
to	O
fit	O
into	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
slots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Chromebit	B-Protocol
has	O
a	O
total	O
RAM	O
capacity	O
of	O
2	O
gigabytes	O
and	O
16	O
gigabytes	O
of	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
Chromebit	B-Protocol
on	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
and	O
Asus	O
began	O
shipping	O
the	O
first	O
model	O
that	O
November	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Chromebit	B-Protocol
no	O
longer	O
received	O
updates	O
after	O
November	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
