Google’s Pixel Tablet relaunch at $399 makes its magnetic dock optional

However, to scope that price, you’ll person to spell without its smart display-like magnetic Charging Speaker Dock.

Nothing is changing astir nan Pixel Tablet itself compared to nan exemplary that launched past summer, arsenic it still has a Tensor G2 processor, 8GB of RAM, fingerprint sensor, and Wi-Fi 6. Google is conscionable creating a caller SKU that decouples nan Charging Speaker. If you acquisition nan standalone tablet and later determine you want nan dock, you tin buy it separately for $129 successful hazel and porcelain colors that lucifer nan tablet.

Coincidentally, Google made nan announcement astatine nan aforesaid clip Apple announced caller iPad Pro and iPad Air models, which are group to motorboat connected May 15th, 1 time aft Pixel Tablet standalone shipments commencement connected nan 14th. The Pixel Tablet is much comparable to nan guidelines iPad model, though, which now starts astatine $349. Google I/O is adjacent week and whitethorn bring further platform-level improvements to nan Pixel Tablet and others successful nan family, truthful cheque backmost successful pinch america past for each nan latest.