Google is being rumored to launch its first device to run on Andromeda, a new Android-based OS code that integrates a few features from Chrome OS.
According to Android Police, the company is planning to introduce a 7-inch Huawei Nexus tablet on its upcoming Oct. 4th event. Early specifications will include the Andromeda OS, which according to the report was created to run more suitably on laptop-like devices. However, the report claims that the part about Nexus is slightly confusing because Google has opted to move away from the brand.
Changes on the tablet's branding may still change, the report said.
Previously, Evan Blass leaked that the mid-size tablet will be unveiled by the end of 2016. But this has been said to be "far too soon," according to the source. For now, it is being projected that Google is more likely to launch the new product next month alongside the Pixel line of smartphones and a rumored new wifi router, among others.
On the other hand, there's also word that Andromeda is will also run on Google's upcoming Pixel 3 laptop, according to an earlier report from Android Police. Also known internally as Bison, the device is being eyed to become Google's first ever laptop to run on the combined Android/Chrome OS. Bison, aka the "Pixel 3" will mark as a "culmination of years of work" by the company's Pixel and Android/Chrome OS teams.
"We are extremely confident Google plans for the device to run Andromeda," the site wrote.
"We are also confident that Andromeda is a completely distinct effort from Google's current campaign to bring Android apps to Chromebooks, and that Bison would not be marketed as a Chromebook."
