Google killed the Pixel Pill, however retains mentioning it in job listings

Pixel telephones proceed to offer us motive to concentrate to them, yr after yr, however Google hasn’t fairly been in a position to recreate that very same magic for the Pixel Pill. Earlier this month, we noticed Google take a strain washer to its on-line retailer, scrubbing it clear of not simply the Pixel Pill itself, but in addition its complete “Tablets” part. But when Google is simply so completely, completely finished, then why is the corporate actively recruiting engineers to work on Pixel tablets?

Google’s all the time looking out for proficient new workers, so the corporate’s often posting detailed job listings soliciting certified candidates. As an illustration, Google wish to rent an engineer for the Pixel Core USB workforce, engaged on the software program stack that powers USB connectivity between Pixel units and all of our favourite equipment. In that posting, the corporate particularly mentions growth “throughout Pixel telephones, tablets, and equipment” and references “present and upcoming Pixel telephones and tablets.”

That’s additionally removed from a one-off, and looking out round Google Careers, we discover quite a few listings containing comparable references, like a Pixel Show function engaged on “next-generation show options throughout telephones, foldables, and tablets.”

So, what’s with the obvious mismatch between Google’s hiring priorities and the Pixel units it’s really promoting? Properly, we might be a number of issues right here. Regardless of Google’s claims on the contrary, perhaps there actually is a next-gen Pixel Pill ready within the wings, or at the least someplace alongside the pathway between an thought and industrial product. Or failing that, perhaps Google’s simply open to the concept of getting again into the shape issue, and is retaining its choices open.

It’s very potential that a few of these listings might not comprise wording that’s 100% consultant of the particular positions being crammed, and the roles might contain Android pill work that simply isn’t Pixel-specific. We can also’t ignore that we’ve obtained this complete new Android-based Googlebook platform simply debuting now, one that features some convertible units that positively dip a toe within the “pill” pool.

Different listings extra clearly telegraph Google’s broader pill pursuits past the Pixel collection, like a job in search of engineers for its superior face unlock Venture Toscana effort to work on “the Face Auth (Toscana) characteristic in Android laptops/tablets (Aluminium).” And as we all know, Aluminium is now formally Googlebook OS.

None of this constitutes a smoking gun, and we are able to largely rationalize even the extra direct “Pixel pill” references we’ve discovered. However that’s not going to cease us from considering that perhaps, simply perhaps, Google might lastly deliver Pixel followers the next-gen pill they’ve craved for thus lengthy. We are able to all the time dream!