The Chromebook market continues to grow as more manufacturers begin to offer their own inexpensive Chrome OS laptops, and as established players in the Chrome world revamp and improve their own selection of Web-connected Chromebooks. Samsung, already a strong player in the category, is announcing two new Chromebook models—the Chromebook 2 11-inch and the Chromebook 2 13-inch—and invited PCMag to look them over.

Samsung has gotten a lot of mileage out of its first Chromebook, selling more than 1 million of the slim, Web-connected laptops for $250 a piece. The two new models, the Chromebook 2 11-inch and the Chromebook 2 13-inch, will be sold alongside the already popular Samsung Chromebook Series 3 (XE303C12) to fill out what Samsung calls its “Good, Better, Best” offering. The first Samsung Chromebook will still available for $249.99, while the 11- and 13-inch models will sell for $319 and $399, respectively.

The new Samsung Chromebook 2 models have a new look with a faux-leather finish instead of the sleek, silver-colored plastic used on the previous model, the Samsung Chromebook Series 3 (XE303C12). The new 11-inch models are available in black or white, while the 13-inch model will come in a dark gray. Both models feature a pebble grain, faux-leather texture, complete with false stitching along the edges, and a rubberized finish that gives the black plastic construction a more leathery feel.

In our brief hands on time with the two models, some of the changes that stood out the most were the new displays. The 11-inch model offers the same 1366-by-768 resolution seen on Chromebooks past, but it’s brighter— 250-nits, up from the 200-nits offered on the previous model. The brighter display also made the colors pop a bit more, but it still didn’t offer the clarity and color gamut of the IPS panel used in the HP Chromebook 11. The 13-inch model, however, doesn’t just have a larger, 13.3-inch display, but it bumps up the resolution to 1920-by-1080, a substantial improvement.

The keyboard and mouse seem right in line with what we’ve seen in the past. The chiclet keyboards—now with curved, sculpted keycaps—feature the distinctive Chrome layout, with a row of Chrome OS function keys along the top and a dedicated search button where the Caps Lock key would normally be. The keyboard on the 11-inch model feels no more cramped than those offered on other small Chromebooks, like the HP Chromebook 11 and the Editors’ Choice Acer Chromebook C720P-2600, but the grey 13-inch model does feel noticeably more spacious, even though the keyboard isn’t actually any larger. The touchpad is largely unchanged from the previous iteration and still offers all of the usual Chrome OS gesture controls, like two-fingered tap for right click and two-fingered scroll-and-zoom.

The spec sheet for the new models expose the real changes to these Samsung Chromebooks. Both of the Chromebook 2 models are equipped with Samsung’s new Exynos 5 Octa processor, an ARM processor with eight individual cores. As explained by Samsung representatives, the new octa-core processor has four primary processors, which do most of the processing under normal circumstances, and then four additional smaller processors which kick in when the processing load increases. The new processors will also offer faster boot times and better battery life—up to 8 hours on the 11-inch, and up to 8.5 hours on the 13-inch. Though both the 11- and 13-inch Chromebooks will be outfitted with Exynos 5 Octa CPUs, there are actually two models using this name, with the Chromebook 2 13-inch offering the more powerful of the two. Further details weren’t available as of this writing.

The two models of the Chromebook 2 are also equipped with 4GB of RAM and 16GB of eMMC onboard storage. Samsung’s new Chromebooks are also the first to be “Google Hangout certified,” getting the Google stamp of approval for certain features optimized for Google’s video chat tool, like 720p webcams, dual-array mics for better sound with less ambient noise, and enhanced graphics processing (thanks to the new processors) for smoother video.

Samsung also offers a preloaded software package, of sorts (Chrome OS uses browser-based Chrome Apps rather than traditional software). The first is the inclusion of AirDroid, an Android management app that also includes desktop SMS, sharing files and media between your phone and your laptop, and tools for locating or remote wiping a lost Android phone. AirDroid’s premium version also includes multiple device support (up to six devices), support for large file sizes, and remote camera capability. While a free version of AirDroid is available for anyone to download and use, Samsung is bundling the new Chromebook 2 models with AirDroid’s premium features for one-year (normally $19.99).

A second app, Wunderlist Pro, also comes with a free year of premium service. Wunderlist is a to-do list manager that includes the ability to sync and share lists across multiple devices, share lists with family members and colleagues, and the premium Pro version includes other features, such as unlimited subtasks, file attachments, and the ability to assign tasks.

Samsung is also continuing its strong push for Chromebooks in education and business. Samsung has already grown its educational presence with its Chromebooks used in more than 4,000 schools across the United States, and a reported 19 percent market share in K-12. The Chromebook 2 11-inch will be available for education (available in black only), while the Chromebook 2 13-inch is expected to appeal to businesses for use as a Web-based thin-client.

Both Chromebook 2 models will be available this April, with the Chromebook 2 11-inch selling for $319.99 and the Chromebook 2 13-inch selling for $399.99.