anyone experiencing the same? I can't find or unhide the group tabs.

The Chrome/Chrome OS discard strategy is highly annoying. Will have only something like five tabs open and there is constant refreshing every ten minutes. Turning memory saver off doesn't work. Toggling "Is Discardable" / "Auto Discardable" doesn't work. Extensions focused on this problem no longer seem to work. There seems to be a wide gap in this department between two Duet models with similar amounts of memory and processing power; discarding seems particularly aggressive in one of these models (Duet CB 3).

It reminds me very much of Android's Doze Mode, which apparently thinks a smidge of battery life is worth sacrificing real-time background notifications that are the lifeblood of a mobile device. Google's nanny approach to its users to show some sort of marginal gain through automation is becoming more and more vexing and I don't imagine it will get better with the forced migration to Everything AI.

Rant done but tips appreciated on this specific aggravation.

I am not sure if I have a Google account problem and/or a Chromebook problem.

I use a Lenovo Chromebook Duet 11M889 and a Philips business monitor to use as docking station, both bought new about a year ago.

The first 6 - 9 months, all well.

Often the Chromebook lets me start a session, but if I open Gmail, Google drive ... - either online or in the app, it doesn't connect to my data even though it is showing my name, and suggests adding another account. This happens on the docking station and without.

Other times I am on a video call and it will just shut down, then restart. I only take video calls (it's the core of my business ) when using the monitor. It happens with zoom, google meet, meetergo. I noticed the Chromebook was getting very warm so I stripped it from the covers - doesn't change a thing.

I used a friend laptop instead of the Chromebook and then, no issue.

I am planning to move to Proton and leave Google behind anyway, but I am at a loss of ideas to continue working. I am concerned sending back the Chromebook to repair under warranty is useless as they will probably not care to replicate the conditions.

Any tip would be welcome !

Posting here because for some reason I cannot find a case for this laptop anywhere. It is my work laptop (I work in education) and I got a case for it that I thought was alright. But it was just ever so slightly not wide enough because apparently the case is for another model and I didn’t realize. I’m returning it for a refund, but I can’t find a suitable replacement anywhere at all. I just want a hard plastic case, not a leather bag case since that seems to be the only thing I can find.

So does anyone have any idea of where to find a case that would fit this laptop? Thanks.