The Pixel Pill 2 could also be cancelled, however we’ll someway nonetheless get a Pixel Pill 3

Yesterday, we cited a report that acknowledged Google had reportedly pulled the plug on the Pixel Pill 3 — seems that may not be the case. As a substitute, the tech large might need scrapped plans for the long-awaited Pixel Pill 2.

For reference, the Pixel Pill got here out in 2023, after an extended five-year pill launch hiatus from Google (the Pixel Slate got here out in 2018). Since final yr’s launch, leaks and rumors in regards to the potential successor — presumed to be named Pixel Pill 2, have sporadically poured in, even inside Android 14’s QPR3 beta, giving us no purpose to consider that Google would scrap plans for it.

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Nevertheless, after yesterday’s report, credible Android professional Mishaal Rahman (in a report for Android Authority) acquired to digging and came upon that ‘Kiyomi,’ the codename for the canceled Pixel Pill, truly refers back to the Pixel Pill 2 and never the Pixel Pill 3.

He means that an unnamed inner supply aware of the matter, whose claims have been correct up to now, indicated that it is the Pixel Pill 2 that has lately been canceled, quoting considerations over it shedding the corporate cash. Rahman’s work speaks for his credibility, giving us little purpose to doubt his claims.

This comes quickly after stories advised that an official keyboard accent with a touchpad was in growth for the Pixel Pill 2, reportedly from the identical inner supply.

The report additionally highlights a number of key particulars that time to ‘Kiyomi’ being the Pixel Pill 2. For instance, the interior supply themselves confirmed that Kiyomi certainly was the codename for the Pixel Pill 2. Additional, proof means that Kiyomi would have housed a Tensor G4 chipset, the identical chipset that powers the Pixel 9. This is smart, contemplating that the unique Pixel Pill was launched after the Pixel 7 collection, with the latter’s Tensor G2 chipset.

Then again, the Pixel Pill 3, adhering to the collection’ reported bi-yearly launch cycle, would have been geared up with the Tensor G6 someday in 2027, following after 2026’s presumed Pixel 11 collection. This means that the presumed Pill 3 could not have been codenamed Kiyomi.

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The unique leak we reported on additionally advised that groups engaged on the supposed Pixel Pill 3 have already been divested, and reassigned to completely different tasks throughout the firm. It appears odd that the tech large would have already began work on the Pixel Pill 3 when the Pixel Pill 2 wasn’t even near launching — Rahman means that the latter, earlier than being canceled, was nonetheless in its “prototyping stage” — including additional credence to the declare that Kiyomi, certainly, was the codename for the Pixel Pill 2.

There may be, nonetheless, a glimmer of hope for the tech large’s pill collection. Based on the report, it is not totally clear if planning for the Pixel Pill 3 has been totally suspended. It might very nicely be that Google wasn’t satisfied in regards to the route it was heading with the Pixel Pill 2, leading to considerations about shedding cash on it, and the undertaking finally being scrapped. It may very well be that the blueprint for the Pixel Pill 3, with additional superior specs and options, aligns extra intently with its long-term pill technique.

We’re speculating that internally, the system referred to as the Pixel Tab 3 may be launched because the Pixel Tab 2 later in 2027, making it appear to be the 2nd gen system was majorly delayed from an out of doors perspective, whereas in actuality, it might simply be the Pixel Pill 3 disguised because the Pixel Pill 2.