Pixel Tablet could include support for third-party styluses
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#5ZSRR)
An early image of Google's upcoming tablet, released earlier this month. | Image: Google Google's upcoming Pixel Tablet might support the cross-manufacturer USI (Universal Stylus Initiative) standard, allowing it to be used with a range of third party styluses, if a recently-discovered entry in the USI's list of certified products is to be believed. The entry, which we spotted via NuGiz, lists a device from Google with the product name Tangor" and the model number Tablet," which are presumably placeholder names for the Android-powered tablet Google announced earlier this month.
USI is an industry-wide stylus standard that Google joined in 2018. It's already supported across a range of Chromebooks, allowing them to be used with a variety of styluses from different manufacturers. But while there are plenty of proprietary...