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Which machine does the job?

Pick a job. The machine that does it lights up, and you'll see whose logins it uses and what happens when you shut your laptop.

You ask your dot to... Compare prices on five hotel sites Check an order on a shop where you have an account Summarize this week's email Rename the files in a folder on your laptop Use a site that blocks its browser Give you an update while you're out

Compare prices on five hotel sites

Runs on: Your dot's cloud computer. It opens the sites in its own browser.
Logins it uses: None. Public pages need no account.
Laptop shut?: It keeps going. Nothing about this job touches your devices.

Check an order on a shop where you have an account

Runs on: Your dot's cloud computer.
Logins it uses: Its own. Being signed in to the shop on your laptop doesn't count, because the two browsers share nothing. Your dot asks you to sign in once on its browser, then stays signed in until you sign out or the site ends the session.
Laptop shut?: It keeps going once it's signed in.

Summarize this week's email

Runs on: Your dot, in the cloud. It reads your mail through the Gmail plugin, with no browser involved.
Logins it uses: The Google account you connected as a plugin. That's an app connection, separate from any machine's browser.
Laptop shut?: It keeps going.

Rename the files in a folder on your laptop

Runs on: Your computer. Those files exist nowhere else, so your dot needs the machine they're on, and you have to allow it first.
Logins it uses: None of its own. It works with what's already on that computer.
Laptop shut?: The job waits. Your computer has to be on, awake and online with the ChatGPT app open.

Use a site that blocks its browser

Runs on: Your computer, if you've allowed it. Ask your dot to try the site from there.
Logins it uses: The ones already in the browser on your computer. Nothing carries over from the cloud browser.
Laptop shut?: The job waits until your computer is back.

Give you an update while you're out

Runs on: Your phone is only how you ask. You message or call, and the work stays on the cloud computer.
Logins it uses: Nothing on your phone is shared with your dot.
Laptop shut?: Makes no difference. You can even send a job to your computer at home from here, as long as that computer is on.