All we know (for sure) is, well, exactly how the Pixel Tablet is supposed to look and a vague (not to mention distant) 2023 commercial ETA. Even the screen size is kept firmly under wraps (although it’s clearly on the large side based on the product images made public in May), with processing power details, battery capacity, or memory counts looking extremely unlikely to gain confirmation anytime soon.
A 2-in-1 product with a clear home use focus
Kuba Wojciechowski is a seasoned developer, mind you, so even though it remains wise to treat all unofficial info with caution, there’s a very good chance the Pixel Tablet will indeed lack everything from GPS functionality to proximity and barometer sensors, as well as “high-fidelity” sensor processing support, as tipped today.
That essentially means this won’t actually be a tablet in the conventional sense, and with the absence of a modem also making cellular connectivity impossible, it looks like you will only really be able to use this thing connected to your at-home Wi-Fi network.
The smooth compatibility between the two could in fact be the reason why the Pixel Tablet is not actually coming to a store near you until (sometime) next year, although that’s mere speculation on our part.
Relatively modest aspirations, reasonable price likely
Wojciechowski himself seems to be speculating that this Android slate/smart home device will only pack 4GB RAM, which might make sense from a business perspective as far as Google is concerned… while drastically reducing the excitement of many power users for the Pixel Tablet.
Google is definitely going after a more budget-conscious and, yes, wider audience with humbler demands, trying to conquer the home entertainment space from a slightly different angle than Amazon. But the Pixel Tablet is essentially guaranteed not to be a pushover from a raw power standpoint, with a first-gen Tensor processor under its hood. That’s not the world’s fastest chipset right now and it will only get slower in comparison with its 2023 rivals, but for a mid-end tablet, it should still perform honorably in most day-to-day tasks.
