{
  "id": "google/pixel-c",
  "vendor": "Google",
  "model": "Pixel C",
  "aliases": [
    "Google Smaug",
    "dragon",
    "google-smaug"
  ],
  "category": "tablet",
  "identifiers": {
    "chips": [
      "NVIDIA Tegra X1 (T210)",
      "Tegra210"
    ]
  },
  "status": "open-firmware",
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "coreboot",
      "url": "https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot/tree/main/src/mainboard/google/smaug",
      "kind": "firmware",
      "license": "GPL-2.0"
    },
    {
      "name": "LineageOS, discontinued after 15.1 (dragon)",
      "url": "https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/dragon/",
      "kind": "firmware",
      "license": "Apache-2.0"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nura/postmarketOS (archived: unmaintained, may not boot, google-smaug)",
      "url": "https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/tree/main/device/archived/device-google-smaug",
      "kind": "firmware",
      "license": "GPL-3.0"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nura/postmarketOS wiki: Google Pixel C (google-smaug)",
      "url": "https://wiki.nura.eco/wiki/Google_Pixel_C_(google-smaug)",
      "kind": "other",
      "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
      "coreboot",
      "lineageos",
      "postmarketos"
    ]
  },
  "updated": "2026-10-17",
  "install": [
    {
      "project": "coreboot",
      "method": "other",
      "guide": "https://doc.coreboot.org/tutorial/flashing_firmware/index.html",
      "difficulty": "hard",
      "brick_risk": "high",
      "reversible": "yes",
      "tools": [
        "flashrom",
        "SPI flash programmer (CH341A) to recover from a failed flash"
      ],
      "notes": "Chromebooks already ship coreboot-based firmware; flashing your own build needs the firmware write protection disabled first (a screw, the battery or a debug cable, depending on the model). There are no official images: you build coreboot for this board from source (some boards need vendor binaries extracted from the stock firmware). Back up the original flash contents first: writing them back with a programmer restores the stock firmware."
    },
    {
      "project": "LineageOS",
      "method": "usb-bootloader",
      "guide": "https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/dragon/install/",
      "difficulty": "medium",
      "tools": [
        "Computer with adb and fastboot",
        "USB cable"
      ],
      "reversible": "partial",
      "notes": "No longer maintained: there are no official builds, the guide has you build LineageOS from source. The bootloader must be unlocked first, which also wipes the device; some vendors make you request an unlock code or wait before unlocking. Installing wipes all data on the device: back it up first."
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Supported by coreboot (src/mainboard/google/smaug). Flash: SPI, soldered. flashrom: yes.",
  "interfaces": [],
  "claims": [],
  "verification": []
}