TL;DR
- A code hunter has discovered proof of a Professional model of the Pixel Pill.
- The variant has the identical codename because the vanilla Pixel Pill, solely with a “Professional” hooked up to its title.
Google has already given us loads of details about the Pixel Tablet due to early reveals at I/O 2022 after which the Made By Google event back in October. The leaks have accomplished the remainder, deeming the Pixel Pill a stay-at-home gadget missing a modem, GPS, proximity sensors, and extra tech you’ll often discover on the iPads of the world. However what if Google has reserved all this for the next variant of the Pixel Pill?
Code-digger Kuba Wojciechowski has come throughout a reference to a doable Pixel Pill Professional within the Google Digital camera Go app.
Aside from spilling some details about a doable Pixel 8 camera feature, the app’s code referenced a tool referred to as “TangorPro.”
Tangor is strongly believed to be the codename for the Pixel Pill. The code textual content not solely refers back to the common Tangor, aka vanilla Pixel Pill however individually mentions the phrases TangorPro, strongly indicating a Professional variant of the Google slate.
This isn’t the primary time we’ve seen code proof of the Pixel Pill Professional. 9to5Google‘s APK perception group additionally discovered references concerning the gadget again in September.
It’s unclear whether or not it is a gadget Google plans to launch alongside the usual Pixel Pill subsequent yr or if it’s one thing the corporate is engaged on for the long run.
There’s additionally no details about the doable specs of the so-called Pixel Pill Professional. The upcoming Pixel Pill will likely be geared up with Google’s first-gen Tensor chipset. Given it’s releasing in 2023, we had been hoping to see the Pixel 7-powering Tensor G2 on it. May the Pixel Pill Professional be the one to get the brand new chip? May it even be the model that provides mobile connectivity, GPS, and different options lacking from the Pixel Pill? Guess we’ll simply have to attend for extra particulars to look concerning the alleged Pixel Pill Professional earlier than leaping to any conclusions.