Android 13 shows off tablets skills, as Google updates its own apps

While at its annual developer conference, I/O 2022, Google provided a sneak peek at something it's working on for 2023.

Google hasn't had an Android tablet in its lineup for many years - with the last being the Pixel C in 2015. Now it's set to return to the field.

Simply put: 12L is an operating system update. Google positions it as a "special feature drop that makes Android 12 even better on large screens".

The Android tablet space leaves a lot to be desired, but there's some new evidence surfacing that suggests Google is considering ways to improve it. 

Google's hardware division is stepping away from tablets and concentrating its efforts into laptops

Google has announced a media-focused feature specifically for Android tablets: Entertainment Space.

Google has announced Kids Space. It's a new mode for Android tablets that's entirely kid-friendly and complete with parental controls.

Google will formerly announce its new range of hardware products during its live event tomorrow, 9 October, and that includes the Google Pixel Slate -

Google is bringing its augmented reality platform, ARCore, to a tablet.

The original Nexus 7, released in 2012 and updated in 2013, has always been one of our favourite Nexus devices. It was that convenient smaller tablet,

Google is apparently planning to expand its Pixel line to include a new tablet.Unlike other Pixel devices, such as the Chromebook Pixel that launched ...

Amid rumours that Google will update its tablet ranges in the coming months, retailers in the UK are shifting stock at amazing prices.The latest produ...

You can now save $500 on a Project Tango 3D-mapping tablet.Project Tango is a project headed by Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group and co...

Google has launched its first real world "store" allowing people to try out Android or Chromebook before they buy within a dedicated Google environmen...

Google's latest flagship tablet and set-top box are now available to buy through the Google Play Store. Unlike the Nexus 6, they didn't sell out withi...

Google has announced the Nexus 9, its newest tablet, debuting Android 5.0 Lollipop.It squares up against the iPad, quite literally, making a few impor...

Google's yet-to-be-announced Nexus 9 tablet and Nexus 6 smartphone are being announced within the next 24 hours and will be loaded with Android L.Acco...

HTC comms manager Jeff Gordon tweeted a photo of a box saying, "something amazing, beautiful and highly confidential just arrived." With the unveil ex...

The latest tablet from Google in its Nexus line has leaked sporting the new naming format dubbed Foo.The device leaked on a GFXBench test measuring th...

Google's Project Tango has already been revealed in phone form and now it looks like tablets are about to get the same treatment. We can expect the ta...

O2 has extended its O2 Refresh price plan system to include tablets. Like the network already offers with smartphones, you can pick up a tablet device

Google and HTC are working together on a Nexus tablet, it's claimed.Digitimes, a website with a so-so track record, has claimed Google is developing a...

Google is planning to release a Nexus 8 tablet later this year, with an 8.9-inch screen, according to IHS Technology.The technology consultancy firm t...

Android has passed iOS to become the top operating system for tablets worldwide, according to research firm Gartner.Android's tablet marketshare grew ...

Apple has really set the bar with its 64-bit A7 chip. Samsung has all but confirmed its next flagship Galaxy S5 will also come packing a 64-bit proces...

Update: Telefonica has contacted Pocket-lint to tell us that the "leaked" picture alleged to come from its O2 brand did not. It claims it doesn't know

Even with the Nexus 5 now official, the leaks don't stop for Google. The company updated its Android website over the weekend with KitKat information,

The Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 all debuted in 2012, and now we've seen the Nexus 5 and new Nexus 7 in 2013. But what of the expected Nexus 10 refre...

With Google's latest hardware push expected to happen on 1 November it's little surprise that the new Nexus 10 (2013) has leaked, complete with specs,

The 16GB version of the Nexus 10 is now showing as "out of inventory" on Google Play. Time to let our speculation alarm sound.Google has been tipped t...

The Google Play store isn't only for Google to push its latest and greatest devices, but to also sell accessories to go along with it. The latest is a

During Google's announcement of the new Nexus 7 in San Francisco yesterday, it revealed that a universal SIM-free LTE version will also be available i...

Google's Hugo Barra  introduced the new Nexus 7 on Wednesday, as well as the latest version of Android, called Android 4.3, which is essentially a Jel...

After much speculation and just about every tiniest detail having leaked in one form or another, Google's latest OEM tablet device is now official. Th...

Update: The event has finished and Google announced the new Nexus 7, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and Chromecast, a new small device that plugs into a TV se...

Pocket-lint sources have already confirmed the next-generation Nexus 7 tablet will be announced to the masses this week. Right on time, famed EvLeaks ...

The next-generation Nexus 7 is believed to be launching very soon (Google's mysterious 24 July media event?), and subsequently, the leaks keep rolling...

Mere hours after Google sent invites to the press for a mysterious 24 July event, spurring rumours of a new Nexus 7 on the horizon, internal documents

Barnes & Noble has added access to the Google Play store on its 7-inch Nook HD and 9-inch Nook HD+ devices, along with all of Google's other Android s...

Google has launched a Book Cover for the Nexus 10, marking the first official accessory for the tablet, now available on Google Play. It will ship bot...

Google is to release an update to its Nexus 7 tablet in July, according to rumours. Powered by a Qualcomm chip, the new tablet will be similarly price...

New subscribers to The Times and Sunday Times Digital Pack can get themselves a brand new 32GB Nexus 7 on which to read the newspapers for a mere £50

Today's Nexus New York press event may have been postponed due to severe (life-threatening) weather warnings, but the 32GB Google Nexus 7 is still pla...

Two photographs allegedly taken with the yet to be announced Nexus 10 tablet have been posted on Google+.Vic Gundotra, senior vice-president of engine...

Argos’s Christmas Gift Guide has revealed that the retailer will begin stocking a 32GB version of the Google Nexus 7, which it will sell for just £199...

Customers can no longer order the 16GB Nexus 7 from the Google Play store after demand for the device surpassed the number available. Any orders made

The Nexus 7 by Asus is the latest Android tablet to want to own, but where and when can you get it in the UK? We've been speaking to Asus and retailer...

Announced alongside the new Asus Nexus 7 tablet was an update to Google's Android operating system. Named Jelly Bean, Android 4.1 is Google's entry in...

An Android tablet that runs on Ice Cream Sandwich for just £179.99 has been unveiled. Too good to be true? Well yes and no, in that the Disgo 9104 fit...