The Pixle Tablet may come with a useful privacy feature

The Pixel Tablet is inching closer to its launch, and we’re just getting crumbs of information about it. Thanks to a leak from 9To5Google (via Phone Arena), we got sight of what could potentially be a useful privacy feature coming with this tablet. The Pixel Tablet might come with a privacy toggle.

Google unveiled the Pixel Tablet last year as another addition to the Pixel family of devices. So far, we know a fair bit about the tablet, and you can see what we know thus far by clicking here. There’s not much more time to wait, as rumors point to it launching about halfway through the year.

The Pixel Tablet could have a privacy toggle

Since this is a rumor based on a leaked image, you’ll want to take this with a grain of salt. There’s a close-up image of the Pixel Tablet, and it shows a hardware slider on the right side of the device right under the rear camera.

When phones have hardware sliders, they’re usually mute sliders, but we don’t believe that’s the case with the Pixel Tablet. Since this is going to double as a smart display, it’s going to have its microphone on constantly. So, it makes sense for the company to put a switch that you can simply flip to turn it off.

The funny thing is that this slider wasn’t there in older images of the tablet, even the official ones. This points to the toggle being a more recent addition to the tablet. Who knows when the company added this feature, but it makes us wonder what other changes we’ll see when this slate actually launches. Only time will tell.

Rumors say that the Pixel Tablet will officially launch alongside the Pixel Fold that we’ve been hearing so much about. These will be some of the most exciting products of 2023, so you’ll want to stay tuned for updates about them. We should hear more about them during Google I/O.