Yesterday Android Headlines reported that Google had canceled its growth of the Pixel Tablet 3 — even earlier than asserting a second-gen mannequin. Well, immediately Android Authority is saying that it’s in truth the second-generation Pixel Tablet that has been canned, which means that the system launched final 12 months will apparently be a one-off and that Google is bailing on the pill class for the second time in a bit over 5 years. At greatest, we’re in for a protracted pause till the subsequent one.
If true, the information would counsel that gross sales of the Pixel Tablet have been so poor that Google has determined additional funding in a follow-up simply isn’t value it. As just lately as final week, there have been rumors of recent options and a keyboard accent for the now-abandoned product.
It’s value noting the chance that Google’s Nest division may take over its large-screen product ambitions and deal with evolving units just like the Nest Hub and Hub Max as a substitute of standalone tablets.
Helped in no half by its on-again, off-again technique, Google has at all times struggled to meaningfully break into the pill market and produce a contender able to rivaling Apple’s iPad in gross sales and mainstream success. It acquired off to a promising begin ages in the past with the Nexus 7, however by no means actually put up a lot of a battle after that — even when the {hardware} was good. Android badly lags iPadOS within the variety of third-party apps which are optimized for tablets, one other difficulty that has held again Google’s efforts.
The Verge has reached out to Google for remark and clarification on its pill plans.
