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The big picture: Barely a month after the first Googlebooks went on sale, Google is rolling out their first substantial software update. The headline fix gives back memory that the laptops' own AI features had been holding onto: between 3GB and 6GB of system RAM optimizations, according to Google.

The Googlebook November update also fixes roughly 30 bugs across all five launch machines. The memory optimization applies to the Acer Googlebook 14, Asus Googlebook 14 and Lenovo Googlebook 15, the three launch models based on Intel's Core Ultra 5 Panther Lake chips.

Google's official release notes only say it has "improved memory usage for on-device AI," citing better multitasking stability but without putting a number on it. The 3GB to 6GB figure comes from Google's own post on Reddit .…