[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Pixel tablet is a really interesting idea that fuses together the functions of a casual entertainment tablet with a home smart hub. Having a tablet that continues to be useful even when you're not actively using it, or a home smart hub that can provide expanded functionality on an as-needed basis is a brilliant idea, and Google's first crack at this concept definitely shows the promise of this concept, although it sadly still feels like it needs a bit of refinement. When undocked and in "tablet mode", this device is absolutely fantastic - easily one of the best tablets I've ever used and well worth the price just on those merits alone. When docked and in "hub mode", it feels a bit underwhelming and serves mostly to conjure up a laundry list of ways in which the hub mode could be made to really shine (none of which it really does well, or at all, at this point in time). That being said, it really gives the feeling that with a few judicious software updates, it could start to grow into the promise of a dual-purpose tablet / smart hub quite quickly. I really hope that there will be a future Pixel Tablet 2.0 because I have a feeling it's gonna be a complete game-changer, but for right now the current version of the Pixel Tablet is mostly a really fantastic tablet with dreams of one day being a full-fledged smart hub for your house.