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This week’s Chroembook Pixel rumor<\/a> was easily the most exciting story for any Chrome fan. The story behind the leak was also the fishiest we have seen in a while, leading many of us to believe it could have been a fake (albeit a very professional one). It only takes a bit of evidence to bring our hopes back up, though, and that is what we have for you today. <\/p>\n

A few seconds of the video showed what might be the result of a project Google could have been working on for a while. A document from September describes a system for controlling lights in a Chrome OS device, even though no current device has anything that even closely ressembles said feature. <\/p>\n

“At Startup or wake from sleep, Google colors cycle in.<\/p>\n

While running, > 25% power level in the battery:
\nAll blue, in a breathing effect (cycle up and down 30%).<\/p>\n

While running, <= 25% power level in battery:\nSame as above, but with red\n\nShutting down, or going into sleep:\nCycle out the Google colors (Note: the effect is only visible for S0->S3,
\nbecause shutting down kills power to the lightbar before we can react).<\/p>\n

While sleeping:
\nSimilar to now, but only using Blue and red for battery indication as above.<\/p>\n

The EC doesn’t have access to the ALS, so we use the keyboard backlight to
\ncontrol the lightbar brightness instead:<\/p>\n

If keyboard backlight is OFF (which it is when ambient is bright), use max
\nbrightness for lightbar.<\/p>\n

If keyboard backlight is ON, use keyboard backlight brightness.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n