Google’s Pixel Tablet has certainly been a long time coming. First teased in May 2022, it’s still not official, despite one going on sale on Facebook Marketplace in December. Today, a new rumor from a generally reliable source sheds some light on the upcoming device.
Contrary to some previous muttering, we’re apparently only getting one version of the Pixel Tablet — no “vanilla” and “Pro” separation here. Of the two possible iterations, the more high-end one remained, and the lower-end model with the first-gen Tensor chipset apparently got canceled somewhere along the way.
I was also provided with some photos of the device. pic.twitter.com/ctKWQoVDCT
— Kuba Wojciechowski⚡ (@Za_Raczke) January 26, 2023
The remaining Pixel Tablet will come with the Tensor G2 SoC also found in the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, a 2,560×1,600 resolution screen made by China Star Optoelectronics, and a six-channel Richtek RT4539 LED driver. It’s used to backlight LCD screens, so don’t expect to see an AMOLED panel on Google’s next tablet.
At least one version of the Pixel Tablet has 8GB of Samsung-made RAM and 256GB of UFS storage, as well as a side-mounted fingerprint reader (most likely built into the power button).
You can see some newly leaked images of the Pixel Tablet in the tweet embedded above. As previously revealed, it will have a dock for easy use as a smart display, though it’s unclear if this will be included in the box or sold as an optional accessory. Hopefully the Pixel Tablet will launch sooner, rather than later – it’s not often that we’re at the point of eight months since the manufacturer first teased the device without it having become official in the meantime.
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