Renders of Android-powered Pixel tablet surface; images are based on Google patent

Is Google developing an Android-powered Pixel tablet?

With its own Google Tensor chip most likely under the hood, a Pixel tablet could include many of the AI and machine learning features found on the Pixel 6 series. The tablet market had been moribund for years until the pandemic arrived and workers and students were forced to work and learn from home. Many purchased a new tablet as the centerpiece of a home office or a virtual classroom.

For all of fiscal 2021, Apple’s tablet sales rose a strong 34.32%. But with companies and schools reopening in certain locations, the need for consumers to buy a new tablet is not as strong.

In 2019, Google said it would stop making tablets