Google reveals it isn’t making tablets, smart rings, flip phones, or glasses (yet)

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Google’s new Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro Fold and Pixel Watch 4 whitethorn vie with Samsung, but it’s blessed to fto Samsung research different parts of the Galaxy connected its own. In interviews with Bloomberg, Google conscionable revealed a batch of devices it isn’t presently moving on. Here’s Bloomberg:

Despite its partners Samsung and Motorola getting into flip-style phones wherever the screens opens up vertically similar an aged schoolhouse Motorola Razr, Google says it intends to beryllium retired that race. It’s besides not presently moving connected a astute ringing and has paused improvement connected a tablet overhaul until it figures retired a meaningful aboriginal for the category, executives said.

Pretty definite that’s the archetypal existent confirmation that the Pixel Tablet 2 was canceled! Remember erstwhile Google was done with tablets successful 2019?

And though Google has repeatedly teased its own prototype glasses and adjacent let america effort them on, it appears that Google devices brag Rick Osterloh isn’t definite it’ll really manufacture immoderate glasses for sale:

Osterloh says it’s inactive “TBD” whether Google itself volition merchandise glasses again, but he’s intent connected the class being portion of the company’s future.

To beryllium fair, Google has astir ever shown disconnected those glasses prototypes alongside the XR headsets it’s co-developing with Samsung, and — like Meta — it seems much funny successful making Android XR a level for different glasses partners too.

If Google were to merchandise glasses again, though, Bloomberg did get 1 absorbing hint astir however they mightiness work. Osterloh and his lawman Shakil Barkat suggested successful the interrogation that display-free glasses mightiness brace nicely with a smaller phone, 1 that could unfold for your amusement needs arsenic well. But, again, it sounds similar Google wants to “sit out” Razr-style folding flip phones for now.

Google would hesitate earlier announcing glasses, I bet, due to the fact that of its infamous fails with the archetypal Google Glass. We ranked it adjacent the precise apical of the database in our 84 biggest flops of the past decennary successful tech, though I ideate a modern mentation would get a little frosty reception successful the station Meta Ray-Ban world.

Lastly, if you’re funny erstwhile Pixel telephone plan mightiness alteration again, perhaps distant from large camera bumps, plan main Ivy Ross told Bloomberg that the institution tries connected caller plan languages “every 2 to 3 years.” That means it’s due.