The thread featured Hiroshi Lockheimer, senior VP of and ChromeOS; , consumer hardware director; , Chrome and Android UX director; Kevin Tom, the Pixel C's product manager; Puneet Kumar, software developer; and Benson Leung, software engineer. Dubbed as 'Android N, ' the OS is to gain support for split-screen multitasking, which will let users have two different apps running side by side.

The team also stated that it is working on some small updates ffor Google's new Pixel C tablet, which will apparently get regular improvement updates like the Nexus security updates.

Say what you will about the Pixel C, but it's an interesting piece of hardware and Google appears to be determined to give it the right treatment. Google has now joined the fight with the dispatch of its Pixel C, an Android-based gadget that serves as a tablet and note pad for the individuals who like the idea of a physical console associated with a slate. This was probably a good move for them since a lot of the Android fans out there would have some questions about the new tablet. It nearly seemed like the software hadn't been finished, and the development team held a in order to try to explain the devices shortcomings.

The Pixel C tablet is Google's flagship tablet.

It's been only two months since Google rolled out Android 6.0 Marshmallow, but some Googlers are already at some new features that might arrive with Android N, the next update to the operating system. They physical keyboard promised that this tablet would be the kind of machine you could really get work done on as well.

According to a report by , the 2016 version of the Nexus 7 may also have the same quad-core Nvidia Tegra X1 processor powering the Pixel C and that the template used for creating the gadget may be patterned on the latter as well. "But it is definitely a chicken-egg problem".

Making the split-screen feature available is a must for Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) if Pixel C is to compete against other hybrid devices in the sector. They largely ignored critiques about the Pixel C's software issues, saying broadly, "We're working hard on a range of enhancements for Android".