Best Buy has 11" Google Pixel Android Tablet with Charging Speaker Dock (various memory sizes, various colors) on sale from $399 as listed below. Shipping is free.
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Engineered by Google, the Pixel Tablet is the first tablet with the Google Tensor G2 chip built in; it features Google AI for smooth streaming, high-quality video calls, an efficient battery, and more
The Pixel Tablet comes with a unique speaker dock that keeps it charged and ready 24/7 and doubles as a great-sounding speaker for room-filling music
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This offer for 128GB model is $100 less (20% savings) than the manufacturer's retail price of $499.
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon based on over 190 customer reviews.
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Best Buy has 11" Google Pixel Android Tablet with Charging Speaker Dock (various memory sizes, various colors) on sale from $399 as listed below. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Hunter StrifeZero for sharing this deal.
Engineered by Google, the Pixel Tablet is the first tablet with the Google Tensor G2 chip built in; it features Google AI for smooth streaming, high-quality video calls, an efficient battery, and more
The Pixel Tablet comes with a unique speaker dock that keeps it charged and ready 24/7 and doubles as a great-sounding speaker for room-filling music
Additional Information:
This offer for 128GB model is $100 less (20% savings) than the manufacturer's retail price of $499.
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon based on over 190 customer reviews.
Refer to the forum thread for additional details and community discussion.
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The fact that the speakers (dock) can't be used as a standalone Google Nest speakers blows my mind and keeps me from making this purchase. It makes no sense to me why it requires the tablet to be on the dock to play music.
This is a first. Let's see if they keep making them at all. They should support it for like 3 years.
Their first tablet is a Pixel c (2015). It got support for 3 years.
Edit: I should say their first Pixel branded fully in house design was the Pixel c. Nexus were co-developed with other companies (actually the other company handled designing and manufacturing, so you can barely call it developed by them).
This tablet as others pointed out, will get 3 Android upgrades and 2 more years of security updates after. A little overpriced considering Apple supports their tablet for much longer. The iPad Air 2 from 2014 is still receiving iPadOS 15 security updates for another year.
Last edited by HappyDome8591 October 30, 2023 at 09:16 AM.
Still angry at Google- they purposely gimped my JBL 8" Assistant display- they removed the ability to click hyperlinks on search results makes it almost useless.
I've got one slightly less than this after google store credit. I am a pixel fan but iPad is still better if looking for dedicated tablet. However the fact that this lives in the kitchen means it is always charged and I normally use it to watch YouTube videos.
I do wish the dock would work standalone. UI is pretty simple though iPad and Samsung have better multitasking implementation.
I feel like $300-$350 be more reasonable price. The nest hub max is $130rn and functions better than this since half the time it asks me to setup hub mode after I've done it a dozen times....
I agree, I would get this for the kid to use, but it will only be on the charger when the damn thing is completely dead.
Honestly, these comments are ridiculous. Please read what the product is people. It is a replacement of the Google nest home hubs that now has a double feature as a portable tablet, If any of you can remember, they weren't detachable... if you ask me though these are great because now you can take the screen with you when you're working on something specific and then you know it goes back on its dock work for everything else because otherwise it would disappear to some random family member or Roommate
I'm pretty sure the Nest speakers play audio through WiFi. I just want to be able to use it as a nest speaker when not docked
You do realize the Nest speakers also have dedicated processors, Bluetooth, and WiFi controllers on a SoC right?
They're essentially full fledged IoT computers with locked down firmware, which is why they cost more than a budget Bluetooth speaker.
In order to establish this "codependent while also remaining somewhat independent" relationship between the devices that you're imagining it's even MORE expensive than what I described.
Last edited by wherestheanykey October 30, 2023 at 02:01 PM.
They can still make a bluetooth receiver that's magnetically connected to the dock but didn't.
As the tablet is not gaining a large user base there's little hope for a 3rd-party solution so far.
Simply integrating a Bluetooth receiver isn't enough.
You need the kind of logic I described in order to make this all work seamlessly.
Otherwise, they could have simply connected the speaker to a Bluetooth receiver and made it so that's the only device it can connect to for audio while it's docked.
However, the audio wouldn't sound as good and you're still in the same boat of having to monitor whether it's docked or not (the method of doing so really doesn't matter).
You do realize the Nest speakers also have dedicated processors, Bluetooth, and WiFi controllers on a SoC right?
They're essentially full fledged IoT computers with locked down firmware, which is why they cost more than a budget Bluetooth speaker.
In order to establish this "codependent while also remaining somewhat independent" relationship between the devices that you're imagining it's even MORE expensive than what I described.
Okay, but as I'm saying, what you want and will expect won't be cheap. Do you want a $600 MSRP with a $500 sale price on this? Because that's what you're asking for.
They wouldn't be able to price it anywhere near in line with those "cheap" Nest speakers you're referring to, simply because it would cause overlap in their product line. You'd also have people buying this for the tablet and selling the dock by itself if they made this into a full fledged smart speaker.
However, if the Nest speakers are so cheap, why don't you just buy one and put it beside this?
You might even be able to set up a Tasker or Google Assistant task to handle the audio handoff.
Last edited by wherestheanykey October 30, 2023 at 04:05 PM.
That's my whole point - I wouldn't buy a Nest speaker to put next to this because that makes no sense. Why would I have two devices to do the job one can do?
And my point from the beginning: I would be interested in this product if the speakers would work independently from the tablet, like a nest speaker would. They didn't make that device, so I'm not interested.
It's not my job to become interested, but if they want my business, it is their job to understand what the consumer wants and deliver on it.
That's my whole point - I wouldn't buy a Nest speaker to put next to this because that makes no sense. Why would I have two devices to do the job one can do?
And my point from the beginning: I would be interested in this product if the speakers would work independently from the tablet, like a nest speaker would. They didn't make that device, so I'm not interested.
It's not my job to become interested, but if they want my business, it is their job to understand what the consumer wants and deliver on it.
You're still being obtuse.
Are you saying you'd pay extra for this feature you claim is a must have or not?
Or would the price simply become your next thing to complain about?
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Or would the price simply become your next thing to complain about?
I'm not here to complain. I do think that what this product offers isn't attractive. If they included the feature I so wanted, and it cost a lot more, I'd likely still feel the same way = not enough value, or not worth the cost.
We (people in SlickDeals) make decisions like that one left and right. I don't see anything wrong with stating why I'm abstaining from purchasing a product listed on sale. I hope that other buyers that may be more familiar with a product would do the same for me.
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Edit: I should say their first Pixel branded fully in house design was the Pixel c. Nexus were co-developed with other companies (actually the other company handled designing and manufacturing, so you can barely call it developed by them).
This tablet as others pointed out, will get 3 Android upgrades and 2 more years of security updates after. A little overpriced considering Apple supports their tablet for much longer. The iPad Air 2 from 2014 is still receiving iPadOS 15 security updates for another year.
I do wish the dock would work standalone. UI is pretty simple though iPad and Samsung have better multitasking implementation.
I feel like $300-$350 be more reasonable price. The nest hub max is $130rn and functions better than this since half the time it asks me to setup hub mode after I've done it a dozen times....
Since Ipad 9th is $190-250 with more powerful cpu but half the storage
128gb is a good starting size
A tough bite when weaker mediatek tablets and windows tab are $100-150
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They're essentially full fledged IoT computers with locked down firmware, which is why they cost more than a budget Bluetooth speaker.
In order to establish this "codependent while also remaining somewhat independent" relationship between the devices that you're imagining it's even MORE expensive than what I described.
As the tablet is not gaining a large user base there's little hope for a 3rd-party solution so far.
You need the kind of logic I described in order to make this all work seamlessly.
Otherwise, they could have simply connected the speaker to a Bluetooth receiver and made it so that's the only device it can connect to for audio while it's docked.
However, the audio wouldn't sound as good and you're still in the same boat of having to monitor whether it's docked or not (the method of doing so really doesn't matter).
They're essentially full fledged IoT computers with locked down firmware, which is why they cost more than a budget Bluetooth speaker.
In order to establish this "codependent while also remaining somewhat independent" relationship between the devices that you're imagining it's even MORE expensive than what I described.
They wouldn't be able to price it anywhere near in line with those "cheap" Nest speakers you're referring to, simply because it would cause overlap in their product line. You'd also have people buying this for the tablet and selling the dock by itself if they made this into a full fledged smart speaker.
However, if the Nest speakers are so cheap, why don't you just buy one and put it beside this?
You might even be able to set up a Tasker or Google Assistant task to handle the audio handoff.
And my point from the beginning: I would be interested in this product if the speakers would work independently from the tablet, like a nest speaker would. They didn't make that device, so I'm not interested.
It's not my job to become interested, but if they want my business, it is their job to understand what the consumer wants and deliver on it.
And my point from the beginning: I would be interested in this product if the speakers would work independently from the tablet, like a nest speaker would. They didn't make that device, so I'm not interested.
It's not my job to become interested, but if they want my business, it is their job to understand what the consumer wants and deliver on it.
Are you saying you'd pay extra for this feature you claim is a must have or not?
Or would the price simply become your next thing to complain about?
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Are you saying you'd pay extra for this feature you claim is a must have or not?
Or would the price simply become your next thing to complain about?
We (people in SlickDeals) make decisions like that one left and right. I don't see anything wrong with stating why I'm abstaining from purchasing a product listed on sale. I hope that other buyers that may be more familiar with a product would do the same for me.
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