Google Pixel Tablet could be a 'budget or mid-range' Android tablet that doubles as a Nest Hub replacement

Developer Kuba Wojciechowski claims to have discovered information about the Pixel Tablet within Android source code. For reference, Wojciechowski has shared Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro camera details, as we discussed in July. Additionally, he outlined equivalent information about the Pixel 7 Ultra, Pixel Fold and the Pixel Tablet.

In his latest thread, Wojciechowski reiterates that two Sony IMX355 sensors will serve as the Pixel Tablet's front and rear-facing cameras. An 8 MP sensor, Google also uses the Sony IMX355 as a front-facing camera in numerous smartphones, most recently with the Pixel 6a. Incidentally, the Sony IMX355 debuted can also be found in the following smartphones:

• Pixel 3
• Pixel 3 XL
• Pixel 4a
• Pixel 4a (5G)
• Pixel 5
• Pixel 5a
• Pixel 6

However, no Pixel device has relied on the Sony IMX355 as its rear-facing camera. Separately, Wojciechowski emphasises 9to5Google's findings that the Pixel Tablet will be the first Android device to drop 32-bit code support. As such, the tablet will only be capable of running 64-bit apps and games. Wojciechowski theorises that Google may have gone this route to maximise the tablet's RAM capacity, which could be as little as 4 GB.

In that vein, other evidence suggests that the Pixel Tablet will arrive as a budget tablet, or a mid-range option at best. For example, the device will lack a barometer, a proximity sensor, a GPS module and an LTE modem. Similarly, Google has decided against including its 'high-fidelity' sensor processing'. Still, the Pixel Tablet should rely on the first-generation Google Tensor SoC, codenamed GS101.

Overall, Wojciechowski believes that Google will market the Pixel Tablet as a 'family tablet', rather than as an alternative to the Galaxy Tab S8 or the Galaxy Tab S8 Plus. Accordingly, the Pixel Tablet could serve as a Nest Hub replacement, which 9to5Google first suggested could happen before Google teased the tablet in May. Currently, Google is expected to launch the Pixel Tablet in early 2023, potentially alongside the Pixel 7a.

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