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I don’t get tablets\u2026 Is it a phone or a computer? It’s a phone, but less practical?! And it’s a computer but less capable?! How come? Why so? Secret? mam? Please.<\/span><\/p>\n

I tried using Apple’s iPad Pro and even got somewhat enthusiastic about it, until my PS4 controller stopped connecting to it and the iPad wiped out one of my stories for this very website when I tried utilizing it as a “real computer” (hooked up to an external monitor, SSD).My iPad Pro ended up collecting dust, sitting in the corner of my bedroom, so it simply had to go\u2026 And that’s where my “love story” with tablets ends. for now. Because you see\u2026 Google might be up to something… better.<\/span><\/p>\n

In case you missed it, Sundar Pichai & Co (they run a small company called Google) are indeed gearing up for the launch of the first Pixel Tablet, and, ironically, the thing I like about it might be how “anti-Apple” or “user-friendly” it’s shaping up to be.<\/p>\n

And what I like even better (as a MacBook and an iPhone user) is that Apple might borrow Google’s idea quicker than expected! I know – so many plot twists! I can’t believe I’m saying this, but yes – I’m weirdly excited to try out a tablet<\/span>. And it’s all Google that made that happen. Sorry Tim!<\/span><\/p>\n

13 years after the launch of the original iPad, Google Pixel Tablet might finally fix tablets by giving them a clear purpose and direction<\/h2>\n

the key to Google’s great idea for the Pixel Tablet starts with the company’s attempt to understand what people use tablets for in the first place; how they use them, and why they don’t use them\u2026 enough! The last point is crucial here.<\/p>\n

According to Google’s Pixel Tablet announcement (look above), people use their tablets at home about 80% of the time, and even then, they are only useful for certain tasks and scenarios. Moreover, they are super easy to misplace\u2026<\/p>\n

All of that contributes to tablets feeling like an afterthought<\/span>, which is exactly what happened to my iPad Pro before I sold it. I had literally forgotten I owned a tablet until I noticed it sitting on top of one of the drawers at home, and that’s a real shame for a device that is capable of so much!<\/p>\n

But Google cracked it!<\/span> The guys from Mountain View are giving the Pixel Tablet its own dock<\/span>!<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s like a parking spot for your tablet whenever you aren’t using it handheld, but the best part about it is that it turns the big screen into a super-useful smart display that’s also a picture frame, your Google Assistant, your powerful Bluetooth speaker for music and how-to videos, and of course your Pixel Tablet’s charing station!<\/p>\n

This changes everything, and it certainly changes the way I’ll look at tablets from now on. Making tablets feel like part of your home instead of being hidden away in a drawer when not in use is the move!<\/p>\n

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Most people don’t buy tablets or get rid of them because they wouldn’t use them enough. The Pixel Tablet wants to be “helpful in your hands and helpful in your home”… 100% of the time! It’s not camouflaged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rejoice! Apple planning to turn iPad into a Pixel Tablet! The best thing that’s ever happened to Steve Jobs’ handheld computer?<\/h2>\n


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All Google things considered, I am… a MacBook user! Right now, I also use an iPhone 13 mini as my primary phone. Hence, integrating a Pixel Tablet into my already existing Apple ecosystem of devices would be tricky<\/span>.Fortunately, as reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has started working on a docking accessory for the iPad that would allow you to transform the device into a smart home display! Sounds familiar? Anyway\u2026 Pop the champagne, Apple users!<\/span><\/p>\n

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I’m told apple<\/span> is working to bring similar functionality (to that of the Pixel<\/span>Tablet<\/span>) to the iPad as soon as 2023. I reported last year that Apple is exploring a stand-alone device that combines an iPad with a speaker hub<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The idea is to offer something that users can place on a kitchen counter, in the living room or on their nightstand. But Apple also has worked on an iPad docking accessory that it could sell separately and would accomplish much of the same thing.<\/p>\n

Mark Gurman, Bloomberg<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

When you think about it, it’s not that hard to imagine that Apple wants to turn the iPad turning into a Pixel Tablet! Cupertino already has the Home Pod and MagSafe tech, and, of course, the iPad itself. These things need to come together, and boom – you’ve got yourself an iPad<\/span>Home<\/span>?! Or whatever it’d be called.<\/p>\n

As I alluded to earlier, the iPad Pro was far from my favorite Apple product, and I think there are a few reasons for that, which the iPad-Home Pod idea might easily solve…<\/p>\n