Google’s Chromebooks are the ultimate back to school tool. The slimmed down machines, which now feature access to popular Android apps, are perfect for taking notes and browsing the web during a lecture, and looking up triple-checked facts when writing research papers. And now, to celebrate students hitting the books again, Google is selling select Chromebook models for $30 off.

Right now, the Acer Chromebook 11 is just $159, the Chromebook 13 is $229 and the Chromebook 15 is $319. All three devices have been well received and boast more then enough power to get you through the school year. There’s no telling how long these prices will last, so if you’ve been eyeing a Chromebook, now’s a great time to buy.

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Google Voice offers an awesome feature that will transcribe your voicemails into text so you can read them at your leisure. Unfortunately, if you’ve ever used it, you know how hilariously terrible it can be. Or it how terrible it was.

Google has announced today that thanks to some willing participants sharing their voicemails with Google for research purposes, Google has cut the error rate in transcriptions by 49%. Google is using what’s called a long short-term memory deep recurrent neural network to make the improvements, which will affect Google Voice and Project Fi users.

No one’s claiming Google transcription will be perfect, but it should be much better now. Let us know if you notice any positive changes.

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Today Honda announced the details of the 2016 Honda Accord, and it looks like the car will be “among the first high-volume cars in the marketplace to feature both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.”

From the press release announcing the vehicle:

Android Auto was designed to give drivers a simple, intuitive way through touch and voice to minimize the potential for distraction so the driver can stay focused on the road. Compatible with Android 5.0 and higher, Android Auto features Google Maps, Google Now, messaging, music and numerous popular apps.Honda2016 Accura Press Release

All 2016 Accords at the EX trim level or higher will feature 7-inch Display Audio touchscreen interface for use with Android Auto. Now that the wheels are turning (heh), you can expect to see many more cars launch with Android Auto in the near future.

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Had enough leaks yet this week? Hope not, because it doesn’t look like anyone’s fixed the faucet yet. So far we’ve seen the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ pass through the FCC, seen a UA profile that pointed to the Note 5 launching with a removable battery and microSD card support and seen substantial rumors that both devices will launch by mid-August. Today, we get to see both devices in what looks to be production ready form.

Both devices look exactly as you might expect. The Galaxy S6 Edge+ is, well, a bigger Galaxy S6 Edge, and the Note 5 looks like a slightly newer Note. Boring, we know, but you can’t quite see all the details either device has to share. So maybe Samsung still has something exciting up its sleeve. Either way, we can’t see the Note 5 and S6 Edge+ unveiled in hopefully just a couple weeks time. How about you?

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