Tablets: Buying Advice, Tips, and News

The 2022 iPad Air offers many of the benefits of the iPad Pro for hundreds of dollars less.

Apple's 10th-generation iPad remains the best tablet for most people.

The 2023 Fire HD 10 offers the best blend of performance, price, and size in the Fire lineup, making it the best cheap tablet for most people as long as you don't mind being locked into Amazon's ecosystem.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ is a high-value tablet thanks to its classy design, excellent build quality, and powerful software, making it the Android slate to beat.

Samsung's Android-powered Galaxy Tab A9+ tablet proficiently handles advanced productivity tasks as well as entertainment such as streaming and gaming at a low price with few drawbacks.

The Amazon Fire Max 11 gives Amazon Prime subscribers the biggest-possible screen to experience their content at a surprisingly affordable price, though Appstore limitations may nix the appeal for some.

The smallest iPad of the bunch is perfect for portability.

Apple's 2022 iPad Pro is a phenomenal piece of hardware with blazing-fast speeds, one of the finest tablet displays we've seen, and serious multimedia creation tools, but iPadOS holds it back from being a true laptop replacement.

The 14.6-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra has one of the largest screens on a tablet and pairs it with top-notch performance and slick Android software.

It's hard to beat a well-made tablet for less than $100, and that's why we love the Fire HD 8.