Google now has a fully-fledged competitor to the iPad Pro and Microsoft's Surface range on its books - the Pixel C, according to Digital Spy.

The 10.2-inch Android Marshmallow slate is the first device that Google has designed in-house without assistance from a manufacturing partner.

The Pixel C is the latest in a growing line of tablets that double as a makeshift laptop, launching alongside a smart Bluetooth keyboard dock that is sold separately.

There's a capable NVIDIA Tegra X1 processor and 3GB of RAM in the engine room, and that 10.2-inch display boasts 308 pixels-per-inch and 500 nits brightness.

It also includes a USB Type-C connector for speedy charging and rapid data exchanges, which would explain the name.

Google has confirmed that the Pixel C will arrive in time for Christmas, priced at $499 for a version with 32GB of storage, and $599 for a 64GB model.

The tablet was announced alongside the Nexus 5X and 6P smartphones and a pair of new Chromecast devices on the evening of September 29.