LONDON: About two years ago Google has launched it first Chromebook Pixel with a 12.85 inch HD display in £1,049. And now Google has been working on it second generation Chromebook Pixel which is reported to be not too much changed and likely to be same as Chromebook Pixel 1.
Few would have predicted a successor to this anomaly, but a new report claims we’re going to se a Google Chromebook Pixel 2 fairly soon.
Speaking at the TeamWork 2015 event in San Diego this week, Google’s Renee Nieme reportedly mentioned a new Pixel in passing. The OMG!CHROME blog transcribed her comments as follows:
“We do have a new Pixel coming out and it will be coming out soon. We will be selling it but I just have to set your expectations: this is a development platform. This is really a proof of concept. We don’t make very many of these — we really don’t. And our developers and our Googlers consume 85% of what we produce. But yes, we do have a new Pixel coming out.”
Not only does this statement appear to announce the imminent release of a Chromebook Pixel 2, it also confirms the true purpose of the expensive original – not as a consumer device, but as an advanced tool for developers.
Don’t expect too many changes for the follow-up device, as the low-selling original still appears crazily over-specced two years later. Indeed, it’s quite possible that the original’s external design (including a sharp anodized aluminium casing) and its pixel-dense 2560 x 1700 display will remain pretty much unchanged, with a simple internal refresh to a newer chipset.
