UPDATE: 2022/11/07 11:17 EST BY STEVEN WINKELMAN
Post updated with new Google Pixel Tablet details
This post was updated with additional details on Google's upcoming Pixel Tablet.
Google infamously abandoned tablet hardware following the spectacular flop that was 2018's Pixel Slate. It's recently shown renewed interest in the form factor, though, with its work on Android 12L, a version of the OS built with an eye toward large-screen improvements. Today, at Google I/O 2022, we got a tease of what that work has been building toward a brand-new, Tensor-powered slate called the Google Pixel Tablet.
Details are light, although we learned more about the Google Pixel Tablet in October 2022 when the tech giant announced its Google Pixel 7 Pro, and Google Pixel Watch at its Made by Google Event in Brooklyn. The tablet, scheduled for release in 2023, "bridges your on-the-go life with your at-home life," Google says — which sounds a lot like what we'd expect out of the detachable Nest Hub-style device we heard about earlier this spring. The tablet was also shown with white bezels at I/O, giving it a distinctly Nest Hub-like look.
Aside from its early success with the Nexus 7, Google's traditionally had trouble breaking into the tablet market, with products like the Nexus 10, Pixel C, and Pixel Slate failing to make a meaningful impact. Google's peers haven't been idle in the company's absence, either — the new tablet is up against stiff competition in the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ and the iPad Air. Time will tell whether any of the smart home functionality we're expecting from this new tablet will help set it apart from the pack — Google's targeting a 2023 release.