First Chrome OS tablet shows up at tech show

Since Chromebooks are very popular in the US education market, it was only a matter of time until the arrival of the first Chrome OS-powered tablet. Not so long ago, we heard that Samsung was busy developing such a device. Now, an Acer Chromelet (call it whatever you like, it does not have an official name yet) has just surfaced on Twitter thanks to a teacher who attended the BETT 2018 trade show in London.

The original message simply says "Grade 1, 2, 3 look what's coming your way… Not official released but a ChromeOS tablet @chromeunboxed #BETT2018," and was accompanied by a picture. To make it even more interesting, the image has been removed from Twitter in the meantime, so this is definitely a product that was not supposed to be seen by the public yet and might hit the market soon.

Sadly, there is no information about the specs and features of this device yet, since it is not even on display at the BETT 2018 trade show. However, Chrome Unboxed expects this tablet to join the Acer Iconia lineup and they have just found out that it works with a companion stylus by Staedtler. At last, it looks like this Chrome OS-driven slate is the "Scarlet" device powered by a RockChip processor that Chrome Unboxed has been tracking for about a year.