Over the past year, the Google Pixel Tablet has received many updates and new features. It's now a much better product than when it launched.

Initially exclusive to Pixel 7 and newer devices, VPN by Google expanded to older Pixel models in June, but the Pixel Tablet was left out—until now. For a brief time, the Pixel Tablet had access, even showing up on the Play Store,

Google's Pixel tablet range has had a bit of a turbulent history, with Google announcing it was stopping production of tablets back in 2019. However, it then teased the Pixel Tablet in 2022, which was then released in 2023. Sadly, it seems history is repeating itself, as a new report has indicated that Google is stepping out of the tablet market.

Y esterday Android Headlines reported that Google had canceled its development of the Pixel Tablet 3 — even before announcing a second-gen model. Well, today Android Authority i

Google's Pixel-exclusive VPN, aptly named VPN by Google, is available on Pixel 7 and later released smartphones. Instead of being offered through the Google One app like the tech giant's previous VPN offering, VPN by Google is built into Android, accessible by heading to Settings Network & internet VPN VPN by Google.

According to sources close to the project, Google has decided to cancel development of the Pixel Tablet 3, which was internally codenamed “Kiyomi.” This decision was made just last week, and teams who had been working on the tablet have already been reassigned to other projects within Google.

Google had actually thrown in the towel for tablet products in 2019 before having a change of heart in 2022 and producing the Pixel Tablet.

We were expecting VPN by Google support for the Pixel Tablet to arrive with a Drop next year, but it's quietly gone live already.

For reference, after Google killed off its Google One app VPN service, it built VPN by Google right into Android, and began rolling it out with the December 2022 Pixel Feature Dro