A Pixel Tablet is a great addition to any home, but especially a smart home. It’s not just a great Android tablet thanks to the dock that allows you to place this conveniently where it can be seen, heard, and function as a smart controller of smart devices in your home. Read about this new tablet from Google, then enter for a chance to win one of two that we are giving away in this contest.
What is a Pixel Tablet?
A Pixel Tablet is a premium tablet from Google, with included dock, for your home. The built-in Tensor G2 chip makes it a powerhouse for entertainment, smart home security and convenience, hands-free operation, and a lot more. To give you an idea of what it can do, here are five ways I would use it in my home. First I’ll be clear about where I would put the dock: in the kitchen. You can buy additional docks separately, for the bedroom, the den, etc, but I would primarily keep it docked in the kitchen since I do a lot of cooking.
- First and foremost I would use it to stream video. It’s the only tablet with Chromecast built in! So if I found a great recipe video while on my phone, I would just stream it to the tablet. Also, it’s NFL season again. I often watch a game on Sunday mornings while baking bread or making breakfast for my family. Usually my phone is propped up against a tea cozy, but the Pixel Tablet, with its 11″ screen, would be ideal!
- Music is almost always streaming in my home. I usually use the Google voice assistant on my Google Home mini. The sounds is okay; the Pixel Tablet would be a huge improvement—equally responsive with better speakers.
- Research before work: I read a lot of articles to stay informed about new technology. The Pixel Tablet would go where I go to read—outside on the deck, in the music room, etc. I would put it back on the dock when I’m done reading of course.
- Social messaging and video calling: I video call my daughter, who’s in Montreal (I’m in Vancouver), usually using my Pixel phone. However, I would prefer the Pixel Tablet for the larger screen … and it would be on it’s dock so I could keep cooking and moving around the kitchen. Conveniently, the “Continuous Framing” feature would keep me in the picture as I talk and work.
- Smart home control: The Pixel Tablet would be great for monitoring activity on my smart cameras (usually it’s deer, but occasionally we get deliveries or neighbours dropping in) and adjusting my smart lights. The seasons are changing right now so outdoor light schedules need changing. Also, I love to change up the colour of my outdoor lights, especially for Halloween and the holidays. My wife never knows what colours I’ll pick for our entrance or back deck on any given day so it keeps her guessing and helps keep our relationship fresh—haha!
We asked Ted, one of our blog contributors, to write an honest review of the Pixel tablet. Go read his review, and you’ll be convinced that this is the tablet for your home. Ted makes it clear that this is an Android tablet with a bit more functionality than the standard model, and that’s mainly due to the charging station that’s included. Since this is an Android tablet, you can take it anywhere, whether to be more productive at work, to enjoy a superb display, or to benefit from its great responsiveness. As for the charging station, it serves as a high-quality speaker, a hub to control your smart home devices, a support to keep the tablet upright, and of course, a convenient way to recharge your tablet.
How to enter
Entering this contest will be fun and you can enter in three different ways (one entry per method only):
- In a comment below tell us what you like most about the Pixel Tablet and in which room of the house you’d place it if you won this contest.
- In a comment below Ted’s Pixel Tablet review, tell us one thing you’ve learned about this tablet thanks to what Ted mentioned in his article (or video) that helped you decide if it’s right for you.
- For one additional entry, create a public post on a social media channel sharing with your friends and followers that you are entering a contest to win a Google Pixel Tablet. Include the hashtag #PixelBestBuyContest, so we can find your post, and include a picture from this contest page. Then return here and tell us in a comment below on which channel you posted it and the name of your channel (since many people use pseudonyms) so that we can check and verify your entry. You can use any social media channel (X / Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Thread, LinkedIn, etc.), but the post must be public so we can verify it is there.
What you can win
At the end of the contest, we will randomly select two (2) winners from all eligible entries. Each winner will receive a new Pixel Tablet.
This contest runs from September 28th to October 12th
Remember you can enter up to three times as mentioned above. Perhaps you’ve been trying to win a prize in a Best Buy Canada contest for many years and just have not been lucky. Hedge your bet by telling all of your friends and family that you really need their support for this amazing contest. They’ll likely be happy to enter this contest too. If they win, I’m sure they’ll share the prize with you.
Pixel Tablet Contest Rules and Regulations
Good luck.
smart home control in the kitchen
1- I like the 11″ screen & the hands-free operation of the Pixel Tablet & If I won this contest, I would place it in my bedroom.
Continuous Framing” feature , living room
Built in CHromecast, I would place it bedroom
In the Dininh Room. The speaker dock !
I like the video calling with the Continuous Framing the most. I do lots of video calling. I would put Google Pixel Tablet in the kitchen.
Built in Chromecast,–the bedroom would be great.
My favorite feature is the speaker. I would use it in my living room.
I like the speaker dock which I would use in my kitchen
Shared on FB
I would use it in the kitchen for a smart home display and I like that it connects to my cameras.
Here’s my post on X/Twiiter
https://x.com/jenson_dj/status/1707845817741054206?s=20
My username: jenson_dj
The ability to use it as a Tablet and also a Home Dock is my favorite feature. It will definitely be in my Living Room
smarthome control, kitchen
smart home integration control, kitchen
I like the continuous framing feature for video calls, as well as the included dock which would make hands free easier (not to mention the better sound quality from the dock’s speaker). I would put this in the kitchen – a hub for the hub of the house.
I like the dock. It’s a tablet and a smart display. It’d be in the kitchen.
The speaker dock and I would place it in the kitchen to use.
Smart Home Control.
Living / Family Room.
That it has google Chromecast built into it which is really cool and I would put it in my living room.
The speaker dock. Multi-room streaming of music is awesome. I would put this in Kitchen
I like the charging speaker-dock and would keep it in my kitchen
I’d use it in the kitchen to stream recipe videos while making them.
On X as TheC1eaner https://x.com/TheC1eaner/status/1707768198458757380?s=20
I like the built in Chromecast, I would put it in my kitchen
The dock is great in making it a display and I would place it in my kitchen so I can stream cooking videos while cooking.
The speaker dock. I have 2 Google homes and a Google nest. Multi-room streaming of music is awesome. I would put this in Kitchen
Built in Chromecast, would place in my basement
I like the charging speaker-dock and would keep it in my living room.
I can adjust the temperature from my work desk. I would use it in the dining room where I’m set up.
If I win this pixel tablet, I would put this on my living room coffee table. I like the docking station and smart features so I can control lights and other security checks and stream shows.
I have shared this contest on my Instagram page…
https://www.instagram.com/ah.torng/feed/
The dock makes this tablet special and I would place it in my kitchen so I can stream sports while cooking.
I just posted and shared on Twitter/X @DannysLife1982
That it has google Chromecast built into it which is really cool and I would put it in my living room.
Built in Chromecast. Definitely be placed in the living room.
I like the size of this table, it is perfect to put on my working desk in my working room.
It would live at my friends place. I already gave him my Google Home and he uses it all the time.
But, as his eyesight is terrible, I think this Tablet Mode would be perfect for him. A Tablet for up close reading and Smart Doc for all his Hey Googles
the great dock and I would place this in my bathroom.
Smart Home Control.
Living / Family Room.
I like that it has a dock and I’d use it in my kitchen.
I would use the streaming service spotify and listen in my kitchen.
I love that dock as a way to make it more flexible as a tablet
Smart home control feature to control the Smart thermostat and Smart cameras. It will be dock in the Kitchen where we spend a lot of time.
It would be in the living room as a smart house hub, plus for assorted fun stuff.
The think I like the most about this tablet is the dock and I would place this in my living room.
I love the Pixel ecosystem, I already have a phone and this would be perfect for my home, video calling family, and streaming while i’m making dinner and eating.
I most like the included dock. It makes me rethink my usual feeling that the main purpose of a tablet is to be able to carry it around, so I don’t usually think of parking it in a particular place. This dock makes me think I would like to keep it in the room I spend the most time in (at least when awake), the family room.
I created a public post on my Facebook page @debbie.bashford
video calling with the Continuous Framing as I too would have to have this in my kitchen as I cook, bake and the kitchen table is used for so many projects and this is where I talk to my long distance friends and family on the phone
I like the design of the dock, essentially making it a more versatile tablet that becomes a smart display.
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