&gt; So, this is a device that could easily have been delivered with ChromeOS, but instead is running Android. In fact, I don&#x27;t think the Pixel line has ever had an Android device, am I correct?<p>OTOH, Google has not ever released a device that was intended to operate without a keyboard and pointing device as a main interaction mode with ChromeOS. One of those 
&quot;not ever before&quot; things was going to have to fail with with a Pixel tablet.<p>Honestly, I&#x27;m entirely unclear as to what &quot;Pixel&quot; as a brand is now (it <i>used</i> to be a brand-modifier in the Chromebook line), but branding without clear semantics is probably better than putting an OS that is less proven in a touch-first role on a tablet.