Pixel Tablet could include support for third-party styluses

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If a recently discovered entry in the USI's list of certified products is to be believed, the upcoming Pixel Tablet will be able to be used with a range of third party styluses. The device with the product nameTangor and the model number is listed in the entry, which we spotted via NuGiz.

USI is an industry-wide standard. It is already supported across a range of Chromebooks, allowing them to be used with a variety of styluses from different manufacturers. While there are plenty of proprietary stylus /Android tablets, no tablets have been certified to work with the universal USI standard.

The USI announced version 2.0 of the standard earlier this year. The new wireless charging feature could allow compatible styluses to be charged by simply being placed next to a supported device, similar to what Apple offers with the Apple Pencil 2 and select iPad. It's not clear which version of the standard version of the tablets will support.

It seems odd that the USI's database has appeared this early, after the company said it was targeting a 2023 release. The listing first appeared in January according to the Wayback Machine. The USI and Google didn't reply to the request for comment.