Pixel Tablet Review: Is Google Back?!

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Published 2023-06-20

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  • @PeterDoughman
    So the takeaway is that if Google doesn't give up on tablets again within the next 12 months, the gen 2 version of this device will be pretty sweet.
  • When I started working at Best Buy in 2014 we had a tablet department. It was definitely weird seeing that department shrink as it whittled down to just iPads and Samsung tablets
  • I actually would love to see more tablets in this category
  • @AdamParish
    I enjoyed this review. Great job providing historical context and getting us to speed with this new hardware.
  • @halibrahim
    One missing piece of your review is how this tablet fits and functions with the other devices from Google such as pixel phones, as an ecosystem. Good stuff.
  • What would be coolest (that I dont expect to happen) would be if they standardised the ability for android tablets to connect to the dock, so you could (eventually) just grab any android tablet and whack it on your dock - Would be such a neat hook to stay in the google ecosystem and have more android tablets in the home.
  • Can we just appreciate, in the speaker review part, how perfectly timed the switch to the hub speakers was. It was perfect
  • @MrJohnJLewis
    Instead of comparing it to other tablets, I think it should basically be viewed as the ultimate Nest Hub Super Max. They currently have a Nest Hub, Nest Hub Max, and this version does all the same things with no limits. Does nearly everything a Hub Max can do, but you can take it anywhere in the house with you and continue whatever it was you started using voice controls while on the dock. Great idea!
  • @joseaquino96
    At 11:16 when praising the calculator and saying "Your move Apple" now we know that Apple's move was a direct checkmate haha
  • @StaceKarussos
    I've had mine a couple of days and really like it. Regarding bass, Google or any manufacturer really needs to make a smart sub-woofer.
  • The problem for developers is that so few users are using their app on tablet that it's hard to justify the cost/effort. On the apps I have worked on with tablet support 98% of users were on phone. It's a chicken and egg situation.
  • I really liked… no, loved my Nexus 7 tablet. It was lightweight, great on battery, and ran vanilla Android so wasn’t weighed down by manufacturer or carrier bloatware. Unfortunately it went “missing” from my Vegas hotel room a couple years later, but is still to this day the nicest tablet I ever owned for just how affordable it was at the time. I wish Google would give it a serious comeback and the 2nd gen Pixel Tablet may just be what I’ve been waiting for.
  • @chumafly3459
    I had a Pixel C (the first pixel tablet by google, based on pure android 7 then 8, back in 2015), and it was amazing for the time ! tegra x1 (same processor that the switch), great screen (2k ltps), a magnetic keyboard without any pins (only bluethooth). The only drawbacks were the lack of support (the gpu driver was nouveau driver, which were BAD, real bad) and google being google, so removing the widewine L1 support of the tablet. From what i understood at time, it was partially due to the jalibreak of the switch : the tablet was used to find ways of circumventing the security of the tegra x1 processor, and so it was not that secure after the release of the switch and the massive amount of tech to crack the console. Without that, i think I would be using it nowadays. It was such a great product.
  • I see this being a decent addition to the home. I think Google has realized that they can't compete with the iPad at the moment. That said, I love my Galaxy tablet!
  • @Hollowdude15
    The pixel table looks so cool and great video man :]
  • Thank you for your review. Your perspective on this product is informative and appreciated.
  • being able to cast to the tablet is actually potentially really cool depending on a few particulars of how it's implemented. We don't have a fancy car with screens in the back, so ability to set this up as a display in the back and then put on a movie for the kids on long road trips without having to constantly be reaching back there to adjust the volume (and then unlock it after they've accidentally locked it instead of turning the volume up) or picking out a different movie when they're done: GOLD (Addendum: I realize this would require a wifi connection. For this we would either have a phone or mobile hotspot as the wifi connection as this is what we do now for streaming)
  • The Chromecast as a target is pretty smart actually, you can easily use it as a secondary display for your laptop
  • Looking forward for the next version! I’d consider waiting to get that one for them to fix some of the issues you discussed
  • @quora-wd4yk
    8:57 tablet quietly in background doing what it was simply made to do while getting roasted 🥲