What you must know
- Rumors declare that Google is already ready for the Pixel Capsule 3, which can debut with a second USB-C port.
- The report states this port could help DisplayPort output and fall all through the USB 3.2 customary.
- The considered a second port could help the Pixel Capsule’s desktop experience, which means prospects could join an exterior present and (hopefully) a Pixel keyboard.
A model new rumor is already skipping the Pixel Capsule 2 and looking out in the direction of the third model.
Consistent with a leak from Google’s gChip division, Android Authority states the company wants to include a second USB-C port for the Pixel Capsule 3. This additional port is alleged to be designed for “capsule use solely.” The early rumor claims this connection will help DisplayPort output and fall all through the USB 3.2 customary.
The publication speculates this would possibly give prospects a tempo of (roughly) 10Gbps, which is reportedly the commonest (and most cost-effective) tempo, per Tom’s Hardware.
The prolonged and in want of it’s that this second port could help streamline the Pixel Capsule 3’s desktop-like experience.
In thought, the long term capsule could help two screens by the use of its two USB-C ports. Nonetheless, the rumor alludes to help for an extra two “by the use of daisy-chaining,” taking this complete as a lot as 4 exterior exhibits.
The publication states Google could’ve solidified the existence of the dock mounting function for the Pixel Capsule 3 (or irrespective of its establish shall be). Supposedly, the pogo pins on the rear panel nonetheless exist, thus facilitating the thought.
These rumors could put this future Pixel Capsule proper right into a additional respectable light relating to desktop utilization. What’s additional, Google has been doubling its efforts to improve Desktop Mode, notably, for Android 15. A uncover earlier this yr via the Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2.1 confirmed the company’s preparation for a model new multi-window experience. The early preview highlighted a navigation bar on the prime of the UI for apps in full-screen.
In actual fact, that’s seemingly the place Google’s progress led it after it was first spotted engaged on bettering its Desktop mode in 2023.
One different curious side of this supposed second USB-C port for the Pixel Capsule 3 is the potential to attach an exterior present and (hopefully) a keyboard. Tools for the Pixel Capsule have long since been rumored, nevertheless nothing has arrived. We’re anticipating a Pixel keyboard and stylus to counterpoint the capsule. Google launched a Pixel Tablet without a charging speaker dock, nevertheless the agency shortly shot down the considered tools.
The company mentioned in Might, “proper now, we’ve no new tools to announce.”
