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Google’s delivering on its promise to make Android tablets good
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(Image credit: Future)
(Image credit: Future)
I think most sensible people would agree that some, and perhaps nearly all, of thebest phonesright now runAndroid– but you can’t say the same about thebest tablets.
The good news is that this time,Googleis delivering on its words of support for Android tablets:Android 13is the best Android yet for big-screened devices, and Google is updating the interface on stacks of apps to make them much more tablet-friendly. As 9to5Googlereports, some of the key apps are already updated and there are plenty more to come.
(Image credit: Samsung)
(Image credit: Samsung)
A new look for your favourite Android apps
As you’d expect, Google has started with its big-name apps. Google Docs, Sheets and Slides have all been optimised for tablet users and Google Drive and Google Keep now have much bigger widgets to take advantage of tablets' extra screen space. Google TV’s been redesigned for tablets too, albeit without some of the Material You styling we saw at Google I/O.
Some other apps were updated ages ago, including Google Photos, Google Calendar and YouTube Music; others, such as Chrome and YouTube, are so close to the desktop/web versions already there’s no need for tablet-related tomfoolery.
I really like what Google’s doing with Android lately and if these improvements help drive sales of Android tablets that can only be a good thing: as much as I’m invested in the Apple ecosystem it would be nice to see more high quality tablets at every price point so there’s more choice for all of us. And of course, the more fierce the competition, the harder Apple works to beat it – so better Android tablets are good news for Apple users too.
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