https://www.cnet.com/news/pixel-3-google-hub-and-pixel-slate-everything-googles-announced-so-far/

Google Home, the company's smart speaker with Google Assistant built in gets a little brother without a camera. 

The Pixel Slate is a brand new 2-in-1-style follow up to the Pixelbook, the company's great but pricey Chrome OS laptop. Since we're seeing growth in $600-class Chrome OS detachables and convertibles, it's unsurprising that Google took this approach.