Google’s Pixel team is making an Android tablet
by David Pierce from The Verge - All Posts on (#5Z4DY)
That device there on the right? That's Google's upcoming Android tablet. | Image: Google Google is getting back in the tablet game. The company's internal hardware division plans to release an Android-powered tablet in 2023, senior vice president of devices and services Rick Osterloh announced on Wednesday at its I/O developer conference. Osterloh was light on details, except to say it'll run on the same Tensor processor inside Google's latest Pixel phones and that he imagines it as a consumer-focused gadget focused on entertainment and consumption rather than work. (The Verge's Dan Seifert, who briefly saw a picture during a product briefing ahead of I/O, immediately said it looks like an old Samsung tablet.") But Osterloh's overall message is clear: Google cares about Android tablets. For real this time.
The announcement...