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It’s finally official, as revealed atGoogle I/O 2023: theGoogle PixelTablet will be available to buy from 20 June. But doesGoogle’s latest tablet have a bit of an identity crisis?
Well, the Pixel Tablet comes with a charging speaker dock in the box, wanting to act as the hub of your home, so I’m not sure if this Pixel wants to bethe best tabletor more of a fancyGoogle Nest Hubreplacement.
Other Google slates have appeared since, of course, but the most recent, the aptly namedGoogle Pixel Slate, was launched in 2018 – so there’s been a big and noticeable absence of Google in the tablet space for half a decade. Which, let’s face it, is odd for Google, y’know, the maker of theAndroidplatform on which such tablets run.
How much is the Google Pixel Tablet?
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Anyway, back to the all-new slate in question, the Google Pixel Tablet. I was excited to first hear about this product, and Google does have a point, derived from research that it has conducted: simply put, people don’t really use tablets all that often; they’re often left sitting around collecting dust and depleting battery life.
So why not make a product that can and indeed is designed to sit around? Albeit on an included charging speaker dock. That ticks the charging need. It ticks the sound quality need. And, well, it makes the Pixel Tablet into a detachable and fancier Google Nest Hub, really, doesn’t it? I’m not totally sure how I feel about that – especially for a tablet that’s £599/$599/AUD$899. It sure ain’t cheap.
Physically the Pixel Tablet sure looks different to Google’s latest Pixel phones, such as the just-announcedGoogle Pixel 7a, but I wasn’t expecting a giant ‘bar’ design with cameras around the back of this 11-inch slate. It does have the same Tensor G2 sensor and fingerprint scanner as the company’sbest Android phonesthough.
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Should I buy the Google Pixel Tablet?
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Really this tablet, built around an aluminium enclosure and with a nano-ceramic coating on its rear (to look like porcelain but be tougher), is designed to be more roughly handled. That’s what I think that coating is all about, whether you pick Porcelain or Hazel finishes.
Interestingly, though, Google doesn’t offer its own keyboards and productive peripherals, so really doesn’t see the Pixel Tablet as aniPadcompetitor. Not that you can’t use third-party peripherals such as a Bluetooth keyboard with the slate. It’s just really not the pitch of this product though, for better or worse.
When docked the Pixel Tablet enters its ‘Hub Mode’ for a new home control experience, which is why I see it as an expensive and portable Google Nest Hub alternative really. But the slate can do more too: act as a digital photo frame; cast Google TV, and with Chromecast built-in hand-off to other devices such as your phone; and act as a hands-free Google Assistant hub.
I’m on the fence on this one: the Google Pixel Tablet is likely a powerful and awesome tablet; but with a price this high and such a focus on the home, is its identity too off the mark to make sense for purist tablet users? We’ll find out later in the year when the tablet goes on sale from 20th June. But, that said,Samsung’s premium Galaxy Tab S8 modelsare all pricier than Google’s take, so the Android-maker might be onto a winner.
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