The most recent Made by Google occasion has arrived, and amidst all of the anticipated Pixel 10 smartphone, Pixel Watch 4, and Pixelsnap accent information, there was one noteworthy omission. It appears we’re nonetheless not getting a Pixel Pill 2.
It’s now been greater than two years since Google final rebooted its pill programme. And whereas the unique Google Pixel Pill had its flaws, there was greater than sufficient promise there to depart us anticipating a follow-up.
Certainly, we revisited our unique overview a couple of yr in the past, and located that Google’s keenly priced pill was a greater purchase than it was at launch.
Google rolled again the Pixel Pill’s hybrid sensible speaker nature, and made the system obtainable as a standalone pill. Sans the speaker dock, it out of the blue grew to become much more reasonably priced and simpler to outline.
Mid-way by way of 2024, we discovered ourselves positively giddy with enthusiasm a couple of sequel. All Google wanted to do was study its lesson, drop the bizarre dock idea (or not less than decouple it), and provides its Pixel pill the anticipated spec spruce up – maybe at the side of a Pixel 9-like design revamp – and the Google Pixel Pill 2 can be onto a winner.
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Will we ever get a Pixel Pill 2?
Alas, we by no means received that product in 2024. Now it appears we’re not going to gett it in 2025 both.
In direction of the tip of 2024, we heard it claimed {that a} Pixel Pill 2 had certainly been within the works over at Google HQ, however that it had been cancelled due to poor gross sales of the unique.
Mentioned Pixel Pill 2 was to have sported a greater 10.95-inch LCD with a full 120Hz refresh price, in addition to improved efficiency and a superior digital camera.
We additionally heard conflicting rumours that Google was engaged on a brand new pill, dubbed (barely confusingly) the Pixel Pill 3. It was troublesome to position religion in any of those reviews, however the ambiguity not less than left room for hope.
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Causes to be hopeful
We proceed to carry out a sliver of hope even following the newest Pixel Pill no-show. In response to these latter Pixel Pill 3 rumours – nonetheless the final remotely strong tip we’ve heard on the topic – Google’s subsequent pill received’t launch till 2027, and shall be powered by a Tensor G6 chip.
There have been separate reviews that would seem to tie in properly with the concept of a next-gen Pixel Pill. Most lately, simply final month Google confirmed that its plan was to merge Android with its desktop working system, ChromeOS.
Whereas it made no point out of recent {hardware} for this hybrid OS, it appears apparent that it might swimsuit a big pill kind issue higher than every other – even a laptop computer.
Certainly, again in November, a supply inside Google appeared to recommend that the corporate’s (then unconfirmed) plans emigrate ChromeOS completely to Android had been a direct response to the success of Apple’s iPad. The unstated aspect of this equation can be the necessity for brand new Google pill {hardware}.
Will now we have to attend 18 months to 2 years to see the fruits of this convergence? We’ll be retaining out eyes peeled for any sort of indication from Google.
Primarily based on Google’s capability to maintain quiet concerning the Pixel 10, it in all probability received’t have the ability to preserve a brand new Pixel Pill beneath wraps throughout the yr or so main as much as its launch so keep tuned.