- Google Exercise talked about the equipment after the launch of the Pixel 10
- Telephones and smart rings and tablets are not on the way
- The company focuses on phones and AI
We have just been treated with a multitude of new Google Pixel devices, including four different Pixel 10 phones, but we also have news on Google devices that did not come – including a foldable and a successor to the 2023 Pixel tablet.
Addressing Mark Gurman and Samantha Kelly in Bloomberg, the vice-president of Google’s devices and services, Shakil Barkat, confirmed that he was not planned for a foldable Google Flip to reach the Pixel 10 Pro Fold.
Barkat also excluded an intelligent ring and says that the series of Pixel tablets is on a break until a “significant future” can be understood for the product category. It seems that Samsung is left to release these kinds of devices at the moment.
The status on smart glasses, meanwhile, is “TBD” – it seems that Google is happy to remain concentrated for the moment. “Whenever a new type of product category is added, the final user’s maintenance bar continues to go up,” says Barkat. “It’s already quite painful.”
The “Vanguard” of the AI
Google Exercise also used the interview to breathe out what they work on. Rick Osterloh, who is the leader of Google hardware and Android divisions, described the Pixel 10 as a “super strong version” in what is now a “mature category”.
The Pixel 11 is almost finalized, apparently, while the work began on the Pixel 12. The leader of Google Design Ivy Ross says that the company aims for major visual changes in Pixel phones “every two to three years” – so look at this space.
As you can imagine, Google’s team has pushed AI as the great innovation that will occur on phones in the coming years, via Gemini and features such as Magic Cue, which returns the key information on your phone when you need it.
Osterloh says that he wants Android to be “at the forefront of where AI goes”, and that Google is not too worried about pixel sales: phones represent approximately 3% of the American market at the moment, compared to a share of 49% for Apple.
