Google·tablet
Pixel Tablet
Based on 36 credible posts from Hacker News & Bluesky. 18 filtered out as bot-like or off-topic.
Medium confidenceA solid sample; expect small shifts as more owners post. How we score
Scored November 11, 2026
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Owner reviews
Overall owner mood
Owners are split: 39% of 36 reviews are positive, 28% negative, and the rest mixed or neutral. Praise centers on display and controls & input. Owners are divided on price & value and camera. Owners with 6+ months of use are more positive (67%), which suggests it holds up well.
What owners like
Display praised by 5 owners (2 disagree)
“I'd recommend picking it up for anyone who wants GOS on a larger screen.”
Controls & input praised by 4 owners (1 disagree)
“A couple days ago I got a new stylus for my pixel tablet so I've been working to try and get the hang of drawing digitally for first time and leaning new software.”
Software & AI praised by 4 owners (1 disagree)
“I felt at the time, as I still do today, that the Pixel C deserved a simple update with new components to give this hardware design more time to shine.”
Performance praised by 2 owners (1 disagree)
“I have never had performance problems.”
What owners complain about
Nothing two or more owners agree on yet.
Owners are split on
- Price & value 2 like it · 2 don't
- Camera 2 like it · 2 don't
Worth reading the reviews on these if they matter to you.
What owners talk about
- Display5 praise · 2 complain
- Controls & input4 praise · 1 complain
- Software & AI4 praise · 1 complain
- Price & value2 praise · 2 complain
- Camera2 praise · 2 complain
- Performance2 praise · 1 complain
Built from the reviews themselves — every quote links to the owner who wrote it.
Every credible owner review, most detailed first. Bots, off-topic comments, and ones that say nothing about using it are left out.
[...] The Tensor G2 Pixel tablet was a solid device, and you can still buy it new from Google (with no choice on color or size in my country), but production has been discontinued and the two direct generational successors were canceled, in sequence. [...] I've used mine daily since it came out, and it's a great experience. I'd recommend picking it up for anyone who wants GOS on a larger screen. An iPad it isn't, but my iPad Pros have sat almost totally dormant since I got it years ago. [...]
[...] Floating windows are cumbersome enough when you have a mouse and big display to spread things out on. I've tried this floating window thing in beta on my Pixel Tablet and iPad's windowing on the iPadOS 26 beta and they're basically worthless. [...]
9 years, 3 tablets, 1 active: Pixel C (2015) Pixel Slate (2018) Pixel Tablet (2023) I'll forever remember a different tablet, the Google Pixel C, as the best Android tablet ever made.. [...] It never received a model refresh, and its spiritual successor, the Pixel Slate, was a total disaster. I felt at the time, as I still do today, that the Pixel C deserved a simple update with new components to give this hardware design more time to shine. So far, no news on Pixel Tablet 2, other than Pixel Tablet being sold standalone without the dock.
[...] The microphone works (I did a video call) but 'Hey Google' stopped working. I used to have the Lenovo Smart Screen 10, which was great. But it didn't support Netflix or Disney+ so I thought that the Pixel Tablet would be an upgrade. [...]
As a user of all three chips vis Pixels 6, 7 and 8 Pro as well as this current Pixel Tablet, I do not get it. [...] I have never had performance problems. I switched from Samsung to Pixel due to the messy software situation- there were two or more apps for every purpose and which to use was incomprehensible to me, and I am not too dumb. [...]
[...] GrapheneOS on Pixel and Pixel Tablet have been anomaly free, but Android tablet usability is << Apple iPad Pro. iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard and 4:3 screen is an engineering marvel. The UX overhead of Pixel Tablet and inconsistency of Android apps made workflows slow or even impractical, so I eventually went back to iPad and accepted the cost/pain of re-imaging periodically, plus having a hot-spare device,
If you don’t have a Pixel Tablet handy, access the Pixel Tablet emulator in Android Studio Preview, and select the Android 15.0 (Google APIs Tablet) target. [...]
[...] I bought a Pixel tablet for no other reason but to run it -- nothing else I've tried comes close for local-only continuous transcribe-as-they-speak. [...]
[...] The Pixel tablet is a mere 3 years old, and still supported, for whatever that's worth. I don't use a stylus but I believe it supports USI2. [...]
Mildly interesting/annoying: I bought a tablet earlier in the year. I already had 2x Google nest and a Google phone so thought made sense to buy the Pixel tablet, especially as could connect to the Nests for a speaker system. Anyway despite correctly setting up the speaker group it wouldn't work.
Bought an Google Pixel Tablet only for GOS. Installation worked like a charm and all my applications are still working without problems. Loving it.
Pixel Tablet is the biggest let down I have ever had from a product (SW + HW combination) mine has so many bugs, so many unnecessary changes from previous versions. I don't understand how a company can release such a bad product after so many iterations.
IMHO all Pixel phones are just developer devices and you can't seriously use them as daily drivers. I've had Pixel 3XL, Pixel 5, Pixel 8, and Pixel Tablet all without issue. I realize that can't be everyone's experience, but the idea that you can't "seriously use" these devices is untrue.
Hey @signal.org why can't I link Signal account from my brand new Razr Ultra to my brand new Pixel Tablet? I am trying to replace my iPad Air (I hate it so much) but I can only transfer my account, not link it. WTF?
I've used CSP on my pixel tablet for the last few months and I highly recommend it. The only thing that was holding me back was the screen texture, which I got one of the paper covers for
This is the first time I'm using this pixel tablet I bought for spousal unit thinking it would make a bigger better Google Home control screen but it didn't because it behaves like a tablet and has stupid tablet security etc. I feel like a moron trying to get this set up I'm not used to stock
I have had a pretty easy time adjusting to Linux but I must admit I also cheated a bit I replaced PaintToolSAI on desktop with Clip Studio Paint on our Pixel Tablet and have been using that as my primary method of art and it rocks
Me: I've set up a speaker group for 2x Nests and Pixel tablet but it won't work Google: yeah they're not compatible Me: really? Because your website says they are and that's why I bought the tablet Google: oh yeah they're compatible Me: so? [...]
I went with a pixel tablet, since it's the same as my phone and more of what I'm used to. Also, smashed this phone which is a pixel in a car door and it's still running without a scratch on it, so I'm a bit... [...]
I continue to be unable to get the Mountain West app to show the Hawaii game on my Pixel tablet. So it is on my phone. And I had to lean in realllllll close to make sure I was reading that score correctly.
Spent HOURS today pruning my photos as apparently I've used more than half my Google storage space and I'm not paying those fuckers anything more than I already do. (Would've been nice for them to fully reveal their cuntiness before I bought pixel tablet and phone but are any tech bros good guys?)
Seriously, Zoom camera won't work My town Outlook email (I'm an elected town official) work around is to use webmail through a Chrome browser I am using my phone and Pixel tablet for all my emails. My now retired better half headed chip design verification for Digital. He's working on it
I absolutely LOVE my new Google Pixel tablet! google Way slicker than my iPad which I'm selling 😀
I bought this pixel tablet on a lark to keep around for the kids, but this picture has me appreciating the display's PPI
I've finally replaced my iPad with a Pixel tablet, should have done this years ago
A couple days ago I got a new stylus for my pixel tablet so I've been working to try and get the hang of drawing digitally for first time and leaning new software. To practice I've been coloring panels of my favorite Tokyo Revengers characters. I think it's not a bad first attempt at digital work!
I got the new pixel tablet and a stylus for it, and I quite like it for grading / marking up paper drafts.
[...] GrapheneOS on Pixel and Pixel Tablet have been anomaly free, but Android tablet usability is << Apple iPad Pro. [...]
Now that Mac Mini is smaller, it's almost viable as iPad sidecar to run MacOS and Linux VMs. The ultimate dongle, with "I should be a hypervisor" graffiti. Pixel Tablet with GrapheneOS has less limitations and will soon have Linux VMs, but lacks a keyboard travel case, and has been discontinued.
The S5e is super old and many devices are likely facing battery age issues. [...] The only modern tablet officially supported is the Pixel Tablet (tangopro). It's good enough but the screen quality isn't as nice as I would like. [...]
[...] In a general purpose OS, I value security above all else. [...] That's why I'm so excited about these updates, and why I wish there was either a good keyboard/trackpad case for the Google Pixel Tablet running GrapheneOS, or someone would make a laptop that had the necessary requirements to support GrapheneOS. [...]
[...] I've had many Nexus and two Pixels (the 5, and 8 now), with an Essential Phone in the middle, hard to beat during the last $220 fire sale. [...] It's improved and keeps improving though, the features getting a lot of focus (like the camera performance) are good, they finally committed to 5 and now 7 years of software updates, the Pixel lineup is sold in an increasing number of countries (Google could still do a much better job here, just sell your hardware ffs). [...] But when I see something like the Pixel tablet sold at such ridiculous price in most countries, I truly wonder what's going on, it's like some people at Google explicitly want to fail.
I bought a Pixel Slate. I still have a Pixel tablet. [...]
I've been using a Pixel Tablet for a while. [...]
The Google Pixel Tablet can be degoogled with GrapheneOS, but it was discontinued last month. It also does not have cellular connectivity. But it’s an excellent device, and the one I am using as part of my effort to wean myself off dependency on fast-enshittifying Apple.
I had to buy a tablet, and Pixel Tablets were on sale, and I had some store credit, and I already have an Android phone, so I bought a Pixel tablet
The claims, and the evidence
What the brand claims
No published claims on file for this product yet.
What owners report
“[...] The Pixel tablet is a mere 3 years old, and still supported, for whatever that's worth. I don't use a stylus but I believe it supports USI2. [...]”
after 3 yearsView on Hacker News“IMHO all Pixel phones are just developer devices and you can't seriously use them as daily drivers. I've had Pixel 3XL, Pixel 5, Pixel 8, and Pixel Tablet all without issue. I realize that can't be everyone's experience, but the idea that you can't "seriously use" these devices is untrue.”
“[...] I bought a Pixel tablet for no other reason but to run it -- nothing else I've tried comes close for local-only continuous transcribe-as-they-speak. [...]”
“[...] Floating windows are cumbersome enough when you have a mouse and big display to spread things out on. I've tried this floating window thing in beta on my Pixel Tablet and iPad's windowing on the iPadOS 26 beta and they're basically worthless. [...]”
Common Pixel Tablet problems
Problems most owners who mention them agree on, plus ones owners are split on.
- Price & valueOwners split: 2 complain, 2 happyView on Hacker News
“But when I see something like the Pixel tablet sold at such ridiculous price in most countries, I truly wonder what's going on, it's like some people at Google explicitly want to fail.”
- CameraOwners split: 2 complain, 2 happyView on Bluesky
“Spent HOURS today pruning my photos as apparently I've used more than half my Google storage space and I'm not paying those fuckers anything more than I already do.”