The Nexus 7 is no longer available in the Google Store.
The Nexus 7 tablet was the company's initiative to launch affordable but still well-performing 7-inch tablet computers powered by Google's mobile operating system, Android.
The first release of the Nexus 7 was already a great device of its time, and its similarly named successor that was released in 2013 was able to maintain its competitiveness in the tablet market while keeping the affordability of the device.
Now that Google has released the Nexus 9 tablet, and with the company not even providing mentions of the possibility of an updated version of its 7-inch tablet, it could mean that the days of the Nexus 7 are now over.
Google's decision to discontinue the Nexus 7 looks to finally be official, with the device now pulled out of the Google Store. When the device is searched in the Google Store, it says that the Nexus 7 is no longer available for purchase.
The Nexus program for Google has changed rapidly over recent years, as the company has moved its Nexus devices away from being affordable Android devices to higher-end gadgets that are capable of offering users with a flagship device experience without making any sacrifices in quick updates and development options. However, the shift in strategy for the Nexus devices also means that they now bear flagship-worthy prices as well, as seen in the price of the Nexus 9 which is twice that of the price of the Nexus 7.
While fans of the tablet will surely not lightly accept the news that there will likely be no future releases of the Nexus 7, at the very least, there is no shortage of affordable but high-performance 7-inch tablets currently out in the market. While these other tablets are not Nexus 7 tablets, their presence in the market means that the Nexus 7 was successful in doing what it meant to do in the first place.
The Nexus 7 just recently began receiving the over-the-air updates to install Android 5.1 Lollipop as its operating system though, which means that users that are still using the device will still have a good amount of relevant time to use the device until it becomes severely outdated.
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