Pixel Tablet

[MrSquished]

This is my first tablet in many years. Been waiting for a google version. Got it this week.

I like it, because I knew the shortcomings going in. I didn't really even want the dock at all, but now that I have it the dock is actually nifty. It would be nice if it cost $100 less with an option of no dock, but now that I have it, it's just kept handy nearby easy to pick up and charged. It's silly the dock is basically a dumb device without the tablet docked in it though. That can hopefully be changed. But the dock is actually useful, I just keep it in my kitchen.

It runs very smoothly. Stuff launches in a jiffy, the screen is nice to look at. The basic apps are optimized for the tablet. I know apple has way more tablet optimized apps, but that's ok. This is going to be used for a few things - watching media, browsing the web, using a few apps. At home mostly and on some trips and short excursions. Browsing on Bumble and Hinge is pretty nice on the bigger screen at my couch lol - I got a Logi bluetooth chiclet tablet for it. On my trip out west this summer, I'll just bring the tablet, no laptop, and use the keyboard to spend 30 minutes a day working. Easy peasy.

If you want a productivity tablet with tons of optimized apps, this is not for you. But if you just want a nice tablet in the Android ecosystem that will get lots of support for a few years plus, to use for the big use cases of a casual tablet user, it's a great choice.

The only other thing I question slightly is the 16:9 ratio. So far it's been fine but I will wonder if 4:3 would be nicer for my use cases.

 

[MrSquished]

The pixel tablet has been great around the house, I actually really grew fond of the docking system and screensaver. It sits in my kitchen and I know it's always charged and it's just easy to grab and use.

Took it on its first trip. Plane and multiple hotel stops. I brought the dock in my suitcase.

This tablet has been great to travel with and a lot of reviews poo poo the 16 to 10 aspect ratio that it should have been 4:3 - and this had me concerned when purchasing but not enough to not pull the trigger.

I think the 16:10 is great. It's better for watching video content and I've been streaming a bunch of downloaded Netflix stuff on this trip. And I like that when I use it in portrait mode I get more of a page of a website in vertically. I read websites in portrait mode and it's great and I watch video content in landscape mode and it's fantastic. The Witcher in 4K is stunning.

This is a good tablet finally from Google. I hope it takes off we need more competition in the tablet space