Google spoke up today about their future in Android and\/or Chrome OS tablets. Only very briefly, of course, and not in a way that definitely guaranteed they’d<\/b>
\nGoogle spoke up today about their future in Android and\/or Chrome OS tablets. Only very briefly, of course, and not in a way that definitely guaranteed they\u2019d be making any sort of new hardware any time soon. But still, it has been acknowledged that Google is, indeed, \u201cworking on the tablet experience, both for users and for developers\u201d according to a representative of the Android Engagement Team.
An Android Engagement Team representative suggested that they\u2019ve \u201cseen some pretty cool innovation from our partners on tablets, but there\u2019s definitely room for improvement.\u201d To this end, they\u2019re including the subject in their presentation of a full \u201cAndroid Beyond Phones\u201d week in August.
\u201cWe also see this rising in importance with the introduction of foldables in the phone market \u2013 the experiences are similar. Tune-in to the \u201cAndroid Beyond Phones\u201d week, starting August 10th, to hear more.\u201d
Google pointed to their Android developers \u201c11 weeks\u201d calendar. On that calendar was (and is) a variety of subjects, including (starting back in June), People & Identity, Machine Learning, Privacy & Security, and Android 11 Compatibility.
Starting on July 13, these sessions move on to Languages, Android Jetpack, Android Developer Tools, App Distribution & Monetization, and from August 10th to the 14th, Google will present \u201cAndroid Beyond Phones.\u201d
In the past, Google\u2019s presented this sort of subject more than once. One of the most wild examples of the modern era of \u201candroid beyond phones\u201d was with multi-display platforms \u2013 like a phone that expands into a tablet.
NOTE: This presentation fits right in with the next Samsung event, too. Samsung\u2019s August 5,2020 event will most likely reveal the following high-end devices that fit squarely in the \u201cAndroid beyond phones\u201d wheelhouse.
Potential \u201cAndroid Beyond Phones\u201d devices Samsung may reveal on August 5th:
\u2022 Samsung Galaxy Note 20 \/ Note20 Ultra
\u2022 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2
\u2022 Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G
\u2022 Samsung Galaxy Tab S7
\u2022 Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+
Google also noted in an Android TV update that \u201cAndroid Beyond Phones\u201d week would include \u201ceven more developer resources from Android TV.\u201d Google also included 6 new device types in their latest update for \u201cSmart Home Entertainment Devices\u201d working with Google Assistant.
At the head of this article is a foldable tablet concept device from the folks at TCL. While this was just a proof-of-concept, so to speak, it\u2019s a good indicator that this sort of device will become commonplace soon\u2026 provided Google supports expanding and transforming Android display experiences as fully as they\u2019ve suggested they will.
Google also has Games & Media and UI scheduled from August 17-21, then August 24-28 respectively. Google\u2019s also holding Reddit AMAs on Thursdays on week 4,7, and 11 \u2013 we\u2019re in the first of these three now, here on the 9th (inside week 4). On the 16th and 23rd of July, Google\u2019s Android developers crew will hold one AMA each.<\/p>\n