Google - Pixel Tablet with Charging Speaker Dock - 11" Android Tablet - 256GB - Wi-Fi - Porcelain

The Pixel Tablet is probably the best piece of "smart" hardware I've ever used or owned, across different phones/tablets/TVs/etc. Google's particular flavor of Android OS makes everything very intuitive to use and set up, and it probably won't be long until you've got everything customized exactly how you like it. The screen looks fantastic, and is just about the perfect size for viewing without adding a ton of weight to the device. The sound from the tablet itself and the included speaker/charging dock is great, though admittedly I'm not an audiophile that cares about the finer details of that sort of thing. I only have a few (minor) complaints about the Pixel Tablet. With the device's seemingly-intended orientation being landscape rather than portrait, it's actually easier to find a good picture/image for your home screen's background/wallpaper. However, switching to portrait on the home screen causes the background to focus on only a small portion of the left side of whatever image you have set. There's options to change this, but changing how the background is displayed in portrait mode also affects how it looks in landscape, and there's no way to set that independently. I like to have as much of an image as possible shown for my device backgrounds, so my best solution for this is to only ever have the tablet in landscape until an app or game is best used in portrait. Another complaint is that while the speakers are good in terms of audio quality, they're not really placed in a smart location. Again, the device's seemingly-intended orientation is landscape rather than portrait, but the speakers are on the shorter sides of the device. Depending on how you use the device, it's very easy to end up blocking the speakers with your hands or something else entirely. If I'm laying in bed on my side using the tablet, I often accidentally cover a speaker on one side with my hand while the other gets muffled from being pressed into the bed. With all that being said, still an excellent device and I'm planning on getting another in a different color to gift to my mom.

I pre-ordered this product as I was really excited about it. The tablet is really cool: fingerprint enabled unlock, magnetic mount to speaker base, able to link to Google Home to control smart devices and can even double as a Google Tv Remote. While playing music with this tablet can be done mounted or unmounted, the speaker base plays the music while the tablet is docked, and thr tablet itself plays music while undocked. The speaker is not as impressive as the Google Nest speaker, or the Google Hub/Max speakers, like I was expecting. The base also has little prongs that have to match up exactly to the tablets prongs in order for it to charge - slightly bumping may result in needing to adjust the tablet for charging. There is built-in battery protection that is supposed to enhance battery life, which is cool. Transferring your phone apps is also as easy as connecting your Android phone to the tablet via USB-C. Just FYI, you add thr tablet/dock to Google Home through the tablet - I couldn't do this through the Home app on my phone.

I love this tablet with the charging dock speaker. It's not a Bose quality speaker but it does add a richer sound than the tablet speaker itself. I've been using pixel phones for years and this tablet is perfect. I don't have to play with different operating systems.