Android tablets can't match laptops. Here's how I made my OnePlus Pad 2 not just as good, but better than a Windows laptop.
Roughly two years ago, I argued how almost every company making Android devices wants an ecosystem like Apple, but they just can’t have it! Two years later, I still feel the same, even though brands have landscaped their ecosystems to present better cross-device connectivity .
Despite manufacturers’ efforts to make tablet experiences more productive, Google has never fully committed to Android tablets. Over the past decade, it has been rocking between tablets and Chromebooks without being able to settle on one. The latest headlines say it’s going to cancel the second-gen Pixel Tablet. I feel validated in advising folks not to buy the Pixel tablet.
I don’t need a third screen, but my heart insists on having one. I have connected the OnePlus Pad 2 wirelessly to the laptop, which mostly remains tucked below my larger monitor. There are plenty of reasons why I chose the OnePlus Pad 2 instead of a regular monitor, and I’ll be walking you through them one by one.
On the other hand, a smaller screen is much more convenient, even when I don’t need to look at it actively. I can use it to monitor a work chat while focusing on something else. I can practically use it as a “lap-top” distant from my bulky gaming laptop situation. The app also brings touch support to my Windows setup since neither my gaming laptop nor my screen has those. Pointing anywhere on the screen with a stylus is way more convenient than dragging your cursor, especially when there’s a possibility you might have to spend the initial couple of seconds trying to find the mouse cursor on the vast landscape divided among three screens.
The Pad 2’s Stylo pencil almost mimics the Apple Pencil in terms of features and fluidity, and the latter even applies when I use it as a stylus with Windows. Frankly, I’m not a fan of the glossy screen because it makes the pencil slide too quickly, but an easy fix was to get a matte screen protector for fairly cheap.
However, on the tablet, I see no lag unless I have pushed the graphics to Ultimate settings. With Extreme settings on an RTX 4090 laptop, I get 80 to 100 frames per second , and the same reflects on the tablet’s screen as well.
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