Google is rumored to be developing a touchscreen device that would join the company’s Home lineup of consumer products. A recent job posting for a “touch sensor hardware engineer” spotted by Variety confirms that the company is looking to add multi-touch products to its repertoire. “In this role, you’ll work on the next generation of Google Hardware to enable the best multi-touch user experience,” the listing says.

That can be read as an obvious sign that multi-touch products — like Google’s spin on the Echo Show — are in the pipeline. Seems reasonable. Multi-touch gestures could also find their way to speakers like the next revision of the Home and Home Max.

But keep in mind that Google had to address a humiliating hardware defect with…

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