20+ Chromebooks are on sale for as low as $129 ahead of Black Friday

UPDATE: Nov. 23, 2023, 12:00 AM EST This story has been updated with Black Friday Chromebook deals.

If you need a dirt-cheap laptop for basic browsing, schoolwork, or light gaming (and aren't married to MacOS or Windows), a Chromebook can be a smart buy: They scrap fancy specs in favor of built-in security features, rugged builds, decent battery lives, and affordable price points, and they all come with 100GB of cloud storage for one year via Google One. It's tough to find a better value pick.

Black Friday is a great time to purchase a Chromebook —?or any kind of laptop, really — as they tend to drop to outrageous year-round lows ahead of the holidays;?last year's record was a mere $79. We've only found one Chromebook that cheap ahead of Black Friday 2023 (and it's an in-store doorbuster at Target), but if you broaden your search to $200 or below, you've still got tons of options —?including one model from Google's brand-new Chromebooks Plus line.

Keep reading for a running list of the best early Black Friday Chromebook deals thus far. (Spoiler: As of Nov. 20, our favorites are all Acer models from Best Buy.) Be sure to check back often, as we'll continue to update it in the lead-up to the holiday.

Note: All newly added deals are marked with a ?. Deals with a strikeout were either sold out or expired at the time of writing.

Chromebook deals

Why we like it

Google recently unveiled the Chromebooks Plus, a new series of premium Chromebooks with built-in Google apps, Full HD IPS displays, and 1080p+ cameras with AI features. This 15.6-inch Acer model comes with a 12th-generation Intel Core i3 processor, 8GB of RAM for multitasking, and 128GB of storage. Best Buy has it marked down to just $269, which is 33% off its sticker price of $399 — a hefty discount for a laptop that only just debuted in October.

More Chromebook deals

• Acer Chromebook 315 (Intel Celeron N4020, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) —?$139 $219.99 (save $80.99)
• HP Chromebook 14a-ne0013dx (Intel Celeron N4120, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) —?$149 $299 (save $150) ?
• Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook (MediaTek Kompanio 520, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) —?$149 $319 (save $170)
• HP Chromebook 15at-na000 (Intel Celeron N4500, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) —?$179.99 $329.99 (save $150) ?
• HP Chromebook Plus 15a-nb0033dx (Intel Core i3-N305, 8GB RAM, 128GB UFS) —?$349 $499 (save $150) ?

2-in-1 Chromebook deals

Why we like it

In the cheapest overall laptop deal of Black Friday 2023 so far (that's not an in-store exclusive), you can get this 11.6-inch convertible Chromebook from Best Buy for just $129. It's not an impressive PC by any means: It has an old MediaTek processor, a measly 4GB of RAM, 64GB of eMMC storage, and a 1360 x 768 touchscreen display with chunky bezels. But for this price, it's a solid buy for casual tasks like web browsing, taking notes, and watching YouTube videos. (Note that it usually sells for $169.99 on Acer's website —?the retailer's price is slightly inflated.)

More 2-in-1 Chromebook deals

• Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 3i Chromebook (Intel Processor N100, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) —?$179 $349 (save $170)
• HP Chromebook x360 14b-cb0047nr (Intel Celeron N4500, 4GB RAM,?32GB eMMC) —?$199.99 $399.99 (save $200) ?
• ASUS Chromebook Flip CM3 (MediaTek Kompanio 820, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) — $229.99 $329.99 (save $100) ?
• Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 3 Chromebook (Intel Pentium Silver N6000, 8GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) —?$249 $479 (save $230)
• Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3 (Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2, 4GB RAM, 128G eMMC) —?$269 $379 (save $110)
• Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Go (Intel Celeron N4500, 8GB RAM, 32GB eMMC) — $269.99 $349.99 (save $80) ?
• ASUS Chromebook Plus (AMD Ryzen 3 7320C, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD) —?$299 $499 (save $200)
• Acer Chromebook Spin 314 (Intel Pentium Silver N6000, 4GB RAM, 128GB eMMC) — $309.99 $479.99 (save $170) ?
• Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 (Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2, 8GB RAM, 128GB eMMC) —?$329 $499 (save $170)
• Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i Chromebook Plus (Intel Core i3-1315U, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD) —?$379 $499 (save $120)
• HP Chromebook x360 14c-cd0053dx (Intel Core i3-1215U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) —?$379 $699 (save $320) ?
• Acer Chromebook Spin 714 (Intel Core i5-1335U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) —?$469.99 $699.99 (save $230) ?

Gaming Chromebook deals

Why we like it

The Chromebook 516 GE is a 16-inch laptop from 2022 that's designed specifically for cloud-based gaming (the GE stands for "Gaming Edition"), packing a 120Hz display and a backlit keyboard; this model has a 12th-gen Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of SSD storage. It doesn't have a fancy GPU, but that didn't matter to the experts at our sister site PCMag, who took it for a test run: "[It's] still one of the best Chromebooks we've ever seen, and one uniquely suited to let you get into high-end PC gaming with a fraction of the hardware usually required," they wrote. It typically sells for $649.99, but you can snag it on sale for just $449 at Best Buy —?a 31% discount we've only spotted once before.

More gaming Chromebook deals

• ASUS Chromebook Flip CX5 (Intel Core i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) —?$499 $699 (save $200) ?