the Pixel Pill 2 is reportedly lifeless

Google re-entered the pill class in 2023 with the discharge of the Pixel Tablet. Just lately, rumors have been swirling about its potential successors, the Pixel Tablet 2 and the Pixel Tablet 3. Now, it appears Google has had a change of coronary heart about the way forward for its Pixel Pill lineup.

A current report by Android Headlines states that Google had canceled its improvement plans for the Pixel Pill 3. The information left many questioning, together with myself, what which means for the Pixel Pill 2. Now, Android Authority is reporting that the Pixel Pill 2 has been canceled, successfully killing the Pixel Pill lineup. If true, this could be the second time in 5 and a half years that Google has tossed creating tablets out the window.

What satisfied Google to make this determination? It might be gross sales of the Pixel Pill not assembly expectations, or it might be that it is delegating any pill or large-screen aspirations to its Nest division to give attention to new iterations of the Nest Hub and Hub Max (through The Verge).

Google might return to tablets once more quickly

The tech large’s break from tablets might be short-lived

The information that Google might cancel the Pixel Pill 2 is disappointing. As somebody who enjoys the tech large’s Pixel smartphone lineup, I used to be trying ahead to seeing extra of that design philosophy dropped at the Pixel Pill 2, particularly the addition of a stronger Tensor CPU and Gemini AI options. Nevertheless, Google’s potential exit from the pill class may solely be short-term.

Just lately, there have been experiences that Google is planning emigrate ChromeOS to Android. This could create a unified working system the place Google might focus all its improvement sources. ChromeOS is at the moment used on Chromebooks and tablets, and Android is used primarily on telephones and tablets. The clear overlap? Tablets.

A re-imagined AndroidOS with options from ChromeOS would make it extra attuned to productiveness duties, whereas additionally being nice for leisure functions. In principle, this could make Android on tablets as succesful as Apple’s iPadOS, its greatest competitor. The Google supply that spoke to Android Authority about this merger stated this was a “multi-year” challenge. So, maybe Google is ready till this merger is fleshed out earlier than leaping again into the pill market. No matter occurs, I actually hope we see a Pixel Pill 2 at one level or one other.

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