Our first look at the ASUS Googlebook shows Google’s laptop plans taking shape

TL;DR Leaked images reveal the ASUS Googlebook CX9406, another laptop built to run Google’s Android-based Aluminium OS. The ASUS model follows recent Lenovo Googlebook leaks and includes the same distinctive Glowbar and Google-specific keyboard controls. ASUS is one of five confirmed launch partners, with the first Googlebooks expected to arrive this fall.

Googlebooks are still a little way off from their expected fall debut, but the hardware is becoming less mysterious by the week. Shortly after Lenovo’s upcoming models appeared in leaked renders , we now have our first look at the ASUS Googlebook CX9406. 9to5Google obtained images of the laptop from an iF Design listing that has since been removed.

The page confusingly described the CX9406 as a Chromebook, but it also identified Google’s Android-based Aluminium OS as the operating system. That’s a big hint that this is something quite different, and it’s not the only clue.