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.

  1. 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!
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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):

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Martin Renaud
Martin Renaud
Editor in Chief
Martin loves working with the talented editors and writers on the Best Buy Blog as Editor-in-Chief. During his spare time he is either working on his next novel, cooking up a masterpiece in the kitchen, or adding some smart tech to his new home on Mayne Island in British Columbia.
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1083 COMMENTS

  1. What ui like about this is that it has chromecast built in! I’d definitely place it in the living room for ease of access by the family and casting onto the TV

  2. What I like about the tablet is the built-in Chromecast. This feature will be amazing in the living room.

  7. I like the built in chromecast and would defenitly keep it in the living room for us and the guests to enjoy
    Posted to twiter and also instagram

  9. I like the built in chromecast and would defenitly keep it in the living room for us and the guests to enjoy

  10. What I like about the tablet is the built-in Chromecast. This feature will be amazing in the living room.

  12. I would have it in the kitchen. I like that it has an 11″ screen. I could watch streaming services while cooking.

  22. Tablet would be used for just about anything but my focus would be on sports. The 11” screen would make games come to life!! I’d place it in our den so that everyone could have access to it. My grandsons in particular would be jealous I have a new screen as theirs are a bit battered so I would delight in allowing them to use a brand new device, they’re huge YouTube fans!!
    Thanks for the opportunity

  23. I really like the smart home control: It would be great for monitoring activity on my smart cameras.

  24. As much as the kitchen sounds like a good spot, I feel I would get more use out the streaming features in the bedroom. In reality, it would probably follow me around the house until I went to bed an put it in it’s dock.

  25. I most like the flexibility of this device as multi-use. It would definitely be a great addition to the kitchen to replace my aging smart display.

  26. Hi there,
    i love the fact the google assistant you can stream music any music google voice activated.
    I love the g2 chip and is very strong, convenient and smart home security and can also be hands free which i love and also has a feature in which you can chromecast any movie music video etc
    I would definitely put it in my livingroom

    I would love the opportunity to win this
    It would be a great addition in my home

    Thanks

    Kerri

  31. I’d use the tablet in my kitchen, to follow along for cooking/baking recipes as well as cocktail recipes. I’d also be to scroll through the news as my morning coffee brews, or just be able to steam music while working in the kitchen.

  37. I would have it in the kitchen. I like that it has an 11″ screen. I could watch streaming services while cooking.

  40. I like that it is a super device with all the functions you need from the Google Nest to a tablet in one device. I would place this in the kitchen because that’s where we spend most of our time so that we can enjoy the features as a family.

  42. I like the fact that you can do video calls hands free with the dock in tow. I would keep it in my living room for easy access.

  47. the Pixel Tablet is charged wiressly and the power button doubles as a fingerprint sensor for a quicker way to get past the lock screen. I ’ve learned about this tablet thanks to what Ted mentioned in his article that helped me decide it’s right for me.

  48. What I like most about the Pixel Tablet is and for the larger screen and it it’s doc which I would keep in my kitchen to video chat while going about cooking.

  49. My favourite feature is that it can operate smart home devices. I would leave it in my kitchen where my family spends the most time.

  50. I love that it can be docked anywhere!
    My daughter just accidentally dropped and broke her tablet, so this would be a neat Christmas gift for her (and also for her art!)

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