The next Google Pixelbook could be a long time coming
No launches planned for 2022
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Pixelbooks are to laptops what Pixels are to phones: flagship devices made byGoogleto show off its software (in the case of the Pixelbook, Chrome OS). However, it doesn’t look as though we’re going to get a successor to the 2019Pixelbook Goanytime soon.
As reported byTrusted Reviews, the Retail Partner Manager for Chromebooks at Google, Chrys Tsolaki, said the following in response to a question about a new Pixelbook laptop: “Next year [2022] there won’t be anything coming. In the future, I don’t know.”
That doesn’t sound overly promising to our ears – you would think Tsolaki knows how the land lies in the Pixelbook division at Google, and it seems we’re not going to get any more Chromebooks from Google until 2023 at the earliest.
The rumors so far
Google has put its own Tensor chipset in the latestPixel 6andPixel 6 Prosmartphones, and the rumor was that a similar sort of processor was being developed for an upcoming Chromebook as well – which sounds plausible enough.
Indeed, one leakerposted Pixelbook 2 rendersback in September, revealing a colorful Chromebook that was slated to replace the Pixelbook 2 (and come running the Tensor chip). It would seem that the device, if it was ever real, has either been ditched or pushed back until 2023.
Last yearcode spottedin Chrome OS hinted that another Pixelbook is in the pipeline as well, one with support for a4Kscreen and USB 4. If that Chromebook is still going to be unveiled at some point, it sounds as though it’s going to be a premium-level product.
Opinion: we need another Pixelbook please
Google got the ball rolling with its own-brand Chromebooks in 2013 with the ultra-premiumChromebook Pixel. That was followed by theChromebook Pixel 2, which was similar to its predecessor in terms of design and price.
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The firstGoogle Pixelbookshowed up in 2017, offering something that was a bit more affordable and a bit more rudimentary in terms of its design compared to the Chromebook Pixels. It earned a lot of admiring reviews, but the laptop was still expensive relative to other Chromebooks on the market.
With thePixelbook Goin 2019, Google managed to blend excellent build quality and decent specs with a significantly cheaper price than the 2017 model – and again the reviews were very favorable. The Pixelbook Go is still on sale, but it’s starting to show its age in terms of its design and specs.
We’ve been huge fans of these devices down the years – and while there are plenty ofother very good Chromebooksfrom other manufacturers – we’re hoping that Google gets around to making another Pixelbook sooner rather than later.
Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing about gadgets, apps and the web for more than two decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you’ll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.
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