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Does the Google Swanky Take an NVMe SSD?

Google Swanky

Every one of 38 field reports observed SATA storage rather than NVMe.

That is useful evidence about the reported machines, but it does not prove that every configuration lacks an NVMe slot or that the installed SATA drive is 2.5-inch rather than SATA M.2. Check the service manual, connector, dimensions, and current drive before ordering.

Field reports can’t tell us whether the SATA drive is a 2.5-inch bay or a SATA M.2 slot, nor which M.2 length fits — check the service manual before you buy.

Reported by field data

Platform:
Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series SoC Transaction Register

How we know

This answer is derived from 38 independent hardware reports for the Google Swanky, of which 0% observed an NVMe drive. We read the PCI device list in each report to tell NVMe apart from SATA.

Check it yourself

On Windows, open Task Manager → Performance and click your disk to see its model and type. On Linux, run lsblk -d -o NAME,TRAN,MODEL and read the TRAN column.

Storage interfaces derived from linuxhw/LsPCI, licensed CC-BY-4.0.