The Nexus brand of products are usually your best bet for getting a taste of a pure Android experience the way intends. But if youāve been holding off on getting the Nexus 9 tablet, youāll have to hurry: hardware maker HTC has confirmed to CNET that itās stopped making the device.
The tablet launched in October 2014 with a $399 price tag for the 16GB model. Thatās a lot higher than the $199 first-gen Nexus 7 that launched in 2013 ā but HTC said that itās completed its manufacturing run and its decision to do so wasnāt driven by a lack of demand.
The Nexus 9 was pulled from the Googleās online store last month, but itās still available from HTCās site. The news comes shortly after Google announced that itās discontinued the Nexus Player set-top box earlier this week.
This may not be the end of HTCās partnership with Google. Android Police reported that HTC will be building the next Nexus devices, codenamed Marlin and Sailfish and designed to showcase Android N. That version of the OS is slated to arrive in Q3 2016, so itās likely weāll see new gear around then as well.
Get the TNW newsletter
Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week.