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Google has canceled the launch of its high-end Pixelbook laptop with ChromeOS, despite the device being in the final stages of development and, according to an informed source at The Verge, supposed to debut next year. The laptop development team was also disbanded, which indicates a complete rejection of the company in this direction.
According to The Verge, the company abandoned further work on this project in connection with implementing measures to reduce internal costs, although a few months ago Google had plans to continue working on the Pixelbook family. Ahead of Google's annual I/O developer conference, Google's Senior Vice President of Devices and Services Rick Osterloh told The Verge that the company intends to release a Pixelbook in the future. It should be noted that members of the Chromebook development team were transferred to other divisions of Google.
Google's hardware strategy is to create cutting-edge products, to demonstrate its capabilities to other manufacturers, setting an example of quality. The company launched Pixel smartphones to show what an Android mobile device can be. With the same goal in mind, the company is once again involved in the production of Pixel Watch smartwatches, as well as the development of an Android tablet, which will be released next year.
As for Pixelbook laptops, they were originally a niche product due to the high price. Chromebooks with comparable specs are much cheaper than the same Pixelbook Go.
With the spread of the pandemic, the popularity of Chromebooks began to increase. They are particularly successful in the field of education. Chromebooks are made by a number of companies, including Acer, ASUS, Lenovo, HP, and Samsung. And now Google will focus on what it thinks the Android ecosystem needs: smartwatches and tablets.
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