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What is Google Pixel Slate?

First of all, it seems clear that the Google Pixel Slate is primarily a tablet — the first Chrome OS tablet from Google in fact, and its first shot at a tablet since the Pixel C. It will pack a sleek, thin, modern style, likely come in a blue color as per leaks, and will optionally allow you to attach an external keyboard.

As you can see in the leaked renders below, the device has a USB-C port, a fingerprint sensor (and presumable power button) at the top-left edge when used in laptop mode, and an otherwise basic look that doesn’t exactly scream Google (although these are Brydge’s renders, likely based on Google-provided dimensions, so expect the real thing to look a bit better.

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Google Pixel Slate – Features

On the software side of things, the Google Pixel Slate will be running Chrome OS with its recently-added Linux app support and mature-at-this-point Android app support as well. There’s also talk that it might be a candidate to dual-boot Windows 10 as well.

Another thing we know based on leaks is that Google is putting in work to make the camera experience with the Google Camera app for Android as good as possible on this Chrome OS device. Leaks suggest there’s an included Portrait mode, also known as the bokeh effect.

The big news for Chrome OS, though, is that the Google Pixel Slate is bringing fingerprint authentication for the first time.

Google Pixel Slate – Release Date

Google Pixel Slate is expected to launch on October 9th at the Made by Google 2018 event. Pre-orders will likely go live soon after, and the device will likely begin shipping before the end of October.

Google Pixel Slate – Specs

We won’t know the comprehensive specs until the device is announced, but some digging through the Chromium source by us and others have uncovered many details about the device’s supposed specs. We also got even more information about the device via leaked benchmark tests.

Based on this information, we can say confidently that there will be at least 4 models of the Google Pixel Slate. Each has a different processor on-board. There’s a low-end model with the Intel Celeron 3965Y running at 1.5GHz, one with an Intel Core m3-8100Y running at 3.4GHz, one with an Intel Core i5-8200Y running at 3.9GHz, and one with an Intel Core i7-8500Y running at 4.20GHz.

One model we saw in the benchmark had 8GB of RAM, while another had 16GB. Unfortunately, on the storage side of things, we’re left guessing. Nothing we’ve found in Chromium or in benchmarks have hinted at storage space options. We’ll learn more about this at the event.

One thing we know for sure is that the Pixel Slate will have 3000×2000 screen resolution. That’s a notable bump over the original Pixelbook’s 2400 x 1600 display. The Google Pixel Slate, being a tablet, brings two cameras. There’s the Sony IMX319on the back and the Sony IMX355 up front.

Google Pixel Slate – Where to buy

Google Pixel Slate will be available from the Google Store, and likely many retailers that we know sell its older brother, the Pixelbook. The Pixelbook is available at Google, Best Buy, Walmart, and other various online retailers.

Google Pixel Slate – Price

We don’t know what the pricing for the Google Pixel Slate will be, but we can guess that there will be various prices for the device’s various tiers. Given that the device is likely hoping to compete with the iPad Pro, and entry-level price in that realm wouldn’t be surprising.

But also, given the very intense specs seen in benchmarks, prices upwards of $1000 and up would also not be surprising for some models.

Keep scrolling for the latest Google Pixel Slate news…

Google helping hospitals set-up Android, deploying Pixel devices with Meet installed

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Google Pixelbook Go and more to get exclusive wallpapers to match Pixel 4

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Next week is the big Made by Google event where Google will reveal the Pixel 4 and the Pixelbook Go side by side. To help these devices feel like they’re in the same family, Google is sharing some of the Pixel 4’s wallpapers to Made by Google Chromebooks, both new and old, including the Pixelbook Go.


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Google abandons two in-development tablets, will focus solely on laptops going forward

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Google’s efforts in the tablet space have rarely been successful, and we all thought the company had called it quits after discontinuing the Pixel C a couple of years back. Today, the company has confirmed that it’s stepping out of the tablet market following the Pixel Slate and will focus on laptops only from this point forward.


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Why was the $599 entry-level Google Pixel Slate announced if it doesn’t exist?

Sometimes companies announce products that just don’t materialize. Given Apple’s AirPower has been in this product purgatory for well over a year, it’s been a hot topic on that side of the pond lately. It’s definitely not a great comparison (because most don’t really care about this one, frankly), but a similar situation is happening with a product that Google announced last fall. Two SKUs of the Google Pixel Slate tablet have been MIA for months…


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[Update: New details] Two more Chromebooks to gain fingerprint sensors as trend moves beyond Pixel Slate

At the 2018 Made by Google Event, Google debuted the Google Pixel Slate with new-to-Chrome-OS fingerprint support. Before that device has even had the chance to launch, it seems two more upcoming Chromebooks are gaining the same fingerprint capability.

Update: New details have come to light about the two devices.


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Google is working on a fix for laggy tablet mode on Chrome OS devices including the Pixel Slate

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Chrome OS was originally a laptop platform, but slowly it’s being reworked for tablet form factors. However, as that goes on, there have been some hiccups. Most recently, many have noted the poor performance of tablet mode especially on Chrome OS products like the Pixel Slate, but it seems a fix for that lag is incoming.


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Google will add a ‘tablet-view’ option for Chromebooks and Pixel Slate in a future update

Chrome OS has been the replacement for Android when it comes to tablets from Google. However, the company is still refining how Chrome OS treats the tablet form factor. This week, with the launch of the Pixel Slate, Google has confirmed that Chrome will be able to pull a “tablet view” of a website in a future release.


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Review: Google Pixel Slate serves as an excellent ‘B’ to the Pixelbook’s predictable A/B test

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Google is known for doing a few different versions of everything. Android Messages and Allo. Gmail and Inbox (by Gmail). Google Play Music and YouTube Music. Take your pick. The strategy is this: Take many versions of an idea seriously and you’re bound to get enough data to point you in the right direction. Intentional or not, that’s what I feel has happened with the Pixel Slate, tablet by Google.

The Pixel Slate is at the same time its own worthwhile — and as I’ll argue, great — device with its own attractive qualities, but also a very familiar user experience that seems grasping for a purpose…


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[Update: Amazon too] Google Pixel Slate now available for pre-order at Best Buy and Google Store

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The Pixel Slate is the only Made by Google 2018 product that has yet to be released, with the company only noting availability for later this year. Meanwhile, since the 10/9 event, a Best Buy listing has featured a November 22nd launch date, with the retailer today putting up the Chrome OS tablet for pre-order.


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Google Pixel Slate has finally hit the FCC, is now one step closer to release

We all got excited for the upcoming Google Pixel Slate at the Made by Google 2018 event last month, but one thing notably missing from its announcement was a release date. The primary thing holding the tablet back was governmental approval. This may soon change, as FCC filings for the device have now been discovered.


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Hands-on: Google Pixel Slate brings the true Chrome OS tablet debut [Video]

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The Google Pixel Slate — being the first Chrome OS-powered tablet — was one of the stars of the show at the Google launch event. The touchscreen device takes the lessons learned from the Pixel C in 2014 and Google’s recent hardware experiences and fuses them into a standout flagship tablet device running Chrome OS for the first time.

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Hands-on: Google Pixel 3 & 3 XL, Google Home Hub, Google Pixel Slate, more [Video]

Google announced the Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, the Google Home Hub, the Google Pixel Slate, and a handful of other products today, and now we’re getting to see them in the flesh for the very first time. Here’s your first rough look at all these products straight from Made by Google 2018 in New York City.


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