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The Pixel Tablet! Apparently it will also come in black, or at least this prototype does.
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256GB will offer plenty of storage. Also Android 13 looks great on this thing.
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The Facebook marketplace listing. Apparently they felt it was worth $400. I wonder what Google thinks?
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The back of the speaker dock.
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Another speaker dock shot. I’m surprised to see that “G” logo when Pixel prototypes usually have a fake logo on them.
The Google Pixel Tablet is arriving at some point in 2023. While nobody knows quite when the release date is, someone was apparently already selling a prototype on Facebook Marketplace. (Why does this keep happening to Pixel prototypes?) The listing, spotted by Twitter user ShrimpAppleProrepresenting the first non-marketing pictures of Google’s upcoming tablet, along with the base accessory that turns it into a smart display.
We can see this is a 256GB version of the tablet, and it’s a rare look at the device in black, with a mismatched white speaker dock. Naturally it’s running Android 13 with all the fun new tablet additions.
The Pixel Tablet was officially announced alongside the Pixel 7 in October, but we still don’t have a price or release date. The hardware is designed to look identical to a Nest Hub, Google’s line of smart displays, and Android 13 can launch a “hub mode” when docked, which seems purpose-built for a product like this. If the Pixel Tablet kicks over into a 10-foot “docked” interface, though—perhaps something that looks like the Nest Hub software—we haven’t seen it. Every shot of the device shows it running the normal Android tablet interface.
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Google’s official pictures of the Pixel Tablet.
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The tablet floats above the dock. You can see the pogo pins on the dock.
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fully docked. Nope, that’s not a Nest Hub—that’s the Google Tablet.
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The back. Again, it looks like a Nest Hub.
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This round nubbin must keep it in the dock somehow.
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The Google Assistant interface. That looks like the normal phone app.
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YouTube Music.
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Google Home.
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As for what we do know, it will run the Google Tensor G2 SoC, the same as the Pixel 7 and upcoming Pixel 7a. Google said the tablet body is aluminum but with a “nano ceramic coating inspired by the fine texture of porcelain.” Supposedly, this will give the tablet a “soft, matte, and textured feel.” A set of pogo pins and magnets on the back connect the tablet to the dock, which charges the device and connects it to a bigger speaker.
The Pixel Tablet will be Google’s first return to the Android tablet market after a gap of seven years.
Listing image by Google