Pixel Tablet Specifications
Complete verified specifications for the Google Pixel Tablet, including our measured figures rather than manufacturer claims.
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Full specifications for the Google Pixel Tablet, as measured and verified during our review rather than copied from a press release. Where our figure differs from the manufacturer's, ours is the one listed.
At a glance
- Manufacturer
- Released
- 2023
- Category
- Tablets
- Price at review
- £599
- Our score
- 3 / 5
Full specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Display | 10.95in IPS, 60Hz |
| Chip | Tensor G2 |
| RAM | 8GB |
| Storage | 128GB |
| Weight | 493g |
| Battery | 27Wh |
| Screen-on time | 8h 40m |
How we verified these figures
Nothing on this page is copied from a press release. Each unit spends ten days as the reviewer’s only portable screen, with the keyboard and stylus the maker sells. Screen at a metered 200 nits, the same eleven apps on every unit, and Wi-Fi 6 on a fixed access point three metres away.
| What we measure | How |
|---|---|
| Screen-on time | A scripted day — three hours of browsing and documents, two hours of video, thirty minutes of stylus work — repeated three times and averaged. |
| Sustained performance | A thirty-minute 4K video export, reporting the figure at the end rather than the peak. |
| Stylus latency | High-speed capture at 240fps against a ruled grid, measured from contact to first ink. |
| Charging | From 2% to 100% with the charger in the box, at 22°C ambient. |
| Weight in use | Held one-handed in portrait for as long as comfortable, timed, by three testers. |
We deliberately do not publish manufacturer battery claims, which are measured at brightness levels nobody uses. Stylus figures are specific to the pen the maker supplies; third-party styluses were not tested.
How it compares in the category
A specification only means something next to the alternatives. These are the tablets we have measured under the same conditions.
| Model | Released | Price | Our score | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Max 11 | 2023 | £249 | 2 / 5 | Media consumption on a strict budget, and nothing else |
| Galaxy Tab S9 FE | 2023 | £449 | 3 / 5 | Families who want something durable for media and homework |
| OnePlus Pad 2 | 2024 | £499 | 4 / 5 | Value hunters who want performance rather than polish |
| Pixel Tablet (this page) | 2023 | £599 | 3 / 5 | People who want a smart display first and a tablet second |
| iPad Air 11 (M2) | 2024 | £599 | 4 / 5 | Most people — it is the tablet to buy unless you have a specific reason not to |
| Surface Pro 11 | 2024 | £1,049 | 4 / 5 | Anyone who needs Windows software in a tablet form factor |
What the spec sheet leaves out
- Sustained performance — the display figure above is a capability, not a promise about what happens after twenty minutes
- How it behaves when warm, which is where most of the difference between similarly specified tablets actually lives
- Software support length, which decides how long this stays usable and appears on no specification sheet we have seen
- The thing we actually noticed most: it spent 80 percent of our two weeks sitting on the dock
What the numbers mean in use
Specifications describe capability, not experience. In practice the detail that mattered most was this: it spent 80 percent of our two weeks sitting on the dock. That is the sort of thing a table cannot capture.
Strengths on paper and in practice
- The speaker dock makes it a genuinely good smart display when docked
- The cleanest Android tablet software available
- Seamless handoff with a Pixel phone
Known limitations
- 60Hz and an unremarkable panel
- Tensor G2 runs warm and throttles
- Undocked it is a mediocre tablet at a mid-range price
Who this suits
This hardware is a good fit for people who want a smart display first and a tablet second.
Behind this page
This reference page is written from the same testing notes as the reviews it supports, and it is revised whenever the hardware or the software underneath it changes. Where a figure appears here it has been measured rather than quoted from a specification sheet.
If something on this page no longer matches what you are seeing, it is out of date rather than disputed — tell us and it gets checked again.
Related reading
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