Not only that, but the best gaming tablets are starting to rival gaming laptops for their performance and value for money these days. If you've outgrown your gaming phone, there are plenty of options out there for you.

However, many mainstream tablets are well suited to your thumb-tapping titles, and with the advent of cloud gaming they're only getting more and more useful as time goes on. That's why costs can rack up so quickly on these purpose-built devices, you're getting specs that don't typically make their way into everyday tech. These devices need to juggle productivity features and entertainment options to make their prices worthwhile, all while still offering a high quality gameplay across a variety of genres. Of course, a gaming tablet generally offers more than just a screen for play. That's why we're rounding up all our favorite slabs across the full price range.

However, its high price point may well place it outside of the majority of budgets. CR grades tablets on almost 240 data points and purchases the devices at retail to make sure we’re using the same product you’d get.The best gaming tablet right now is the Asus ROG Flow Z13 - a Windows 11 device packing an RTX 3050 graphics card with the option to boost up to an RTX 3080 with the help of an external GPU. We’ll have more information once we get the tablets into our labs. Here’s what you can expect for the Fire HD 8, Fire HD 8 Plus, Fire HD 8 Kids, and Fire HD 8 Kids Pro.

A Text to Speech feature lets you tap on a shortcut of common phrases like “What’s for dinner?” and have them spoken aloud through the tablet. 'Tap to Alexa' shows a dashboard of Alexa commands to tap on, and you can add your own touch-based shortcuts. Starting today, new and existing Fire tablets l et you use the Alexa virtual digital assistant via touch instead of saying “Hey, Alexa.” This is an improvement aimed at people with speech disabilities. But let’s talk about the new models, which Amazon says have enhanced performance for both entertainment and productivity, such as joining a Zoom call.Īll four Fire HD 8 tablets-which measure 8 inches diagonally, as the name implies-are available for preorder starting today and will start shipping next month.

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