Google is unlikely to release a new Pixelbook in 2022

According to media reports, technology giant Google is very unlikely to launch a new version of the Pixelbook in 2022.

A statement at a recent Qualcomm press event in London suggests that there will be no updates to the original “premium” Pixelbook until 2023 at the earliest, 9To5Google reports.

“Nothing will come next year (2022). I don’t know in the future,” said Chrys Tsolaki, Google’s Chromebook retail manager, asking about the possibility of a 2022 Pixelbook release.

The original Pixelbook was launched in 2017 and had the high-end internal structure of a Chromebook, but has since been discontinued in the Google Store.

While this is bad news, the introduction of the internally developed Google Tensor chip might provide some hope for a high-end all Google-powered Chromebook at some point down the line.

Chromebook sales have slowed after a boom in 2020 and 2021 as the pandemic forced an exponential rise in work-from-home and at-home learning.

This initial sales increase has since slowed, but a high-end Pixelbook in 2022 would have no doubt been a welcome option for those holding out with the original model.

While the Pixelbook Go includes an Intel i7 processor configuration, it includes a touchscreen but lacks the two-in-one form factor that was found on the 2017 version. The closest on the market right now is the Acer Chromebook Spin 713.