Perhaps Google had gotten sick and tired of people leaking their upcoming hardware that they’ve decided to leak it to the world themselves. During the recent Google I/O developer conference, the highlight product spoken was of undertow the Pixel 6a, but they moreover teased some of their upcoming hardware, such as their next flagship smartphones the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, as well as a surprise teaser of the Pixel Tablet.
Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro
Google showed off the diamond of the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, and it seems like they will retain the same diamond philosophy of the current generation Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones. The horizontal camera bar on the rear of the device for instance stays, but gone is the woebegone finish on the unshortened module.
Instead, it now has a two tone finish with cutouts for the cameras itself. The Pixel 7 has a pill-shaped cutout housing two cameras, while the Pixel 7 Pro has the pill withal with a second cutout for a third rear camera. This likely implies that the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will protract with the same type of rear camera configuration as the current Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro.
They did not reveal much else, but did say that they will come with the next version of Google Tensor. Again, not much is known for now well-nigh the upcoming generation of Google Tensor processors, but we should know increasingly by the second half of the year.
Pixel Tablet
Now this one’s a bit of a surprise. Google moreover showed off an early squint at their upcoming Android tablet, three years without Google’s Senior Vice President of Devices and Services Rick Osterloh spoken that they had stopped working on tablets. That resignation from the tablet scene happened without the 2018 Pixel Slate, a Chrome OS tablet that was immensely received by many.
So why the return to the tablet scene then? Well for starters this will unquestionably be their first Android-powered tablet since the Nexus 9 from 2014. And timing-wise, it makes perfect sense for Google to step when into the tablet scene as they’ve once been working nonflexible at making Android much largest for large screen devices like tablets and foldables. We’ve once covered the Android 12L special full-length waif for instance that brings UI tweaks specially for larger screens and features such as split screen view. Android 13 goes a step remoter too, with early previews of Android 13 giving developers uneaten tools for making their apps work on larger displays.
Just like the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro though, we don’t know much well-nigh right now, other than that they’re slated for a 2023 release stage and will be powered by a Google Tensor processor. The early preview Google gave of the Pixel Table moreover highlights a rather smooth design, with thick white bezels, a front facing camera on the horizontal bezel and a seemingly matte when cover. There’s moreover just one rear camera on the Pixel Tablet, with a power sawed-off on the top right of the device.
As of now, the Android tablet scene has a number of solid hardware options wideness various price ranges, but people often still end up preferring Apple’s range of iPads thanks to their largest software optimisations. With foldables taking off and Google themselves bringing out a Pixel tablet soon, this could be the paradigm shift Android tablets needed to finally be worldly-wise to take on their iPadOS rivals.