The perfect walltablet for HA

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This question pops up regularly: what is a good (wall)tablet for HA.
I just coincidentally bumped on a video from a Ytuber that does an in depth presentation for 2 models (portrait & landscape)

They have POE, stock Android 13/14 and foreseen to be used on a wall.

Portrait model (9,7" / 4-core): https://aliexpress.com/item/1005007947846274.html
Landscape model (10,1" / 8-core): https://aliexpress.com/item/1005007255822173.html

I have no affiliation with any of this but just wanted to share this with the community since I think they are good candidates.
This is the video in which both models are reviewed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBU4yU9eD2U

EDIT: in this post by Orange-GT3 you find a link for a 15,6" model from the same seller.

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There are loads of these panels on Ali Ex. I have this 15.6" model: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007343610519.html but bought before they updated the Android version.

I’ll likely be buying another.

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Hi, you are right: of course doing a search on Ali will bring up a lot of results but I guess most fellow HA users prefer going for a reviewed model

The thing is: this question is being asked regularly and since I saw that serious review I wanted to share it here.

Good that you added your experience with yet another/bigger model! :+1:

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I’ve actually watched the review video now and paid closer attention to the links to the devices and they are sold by the same seller that I bought my unit from. Therefore, the 9.7", 10.1" and 15.6" tablets that we are discussing are all the same apart from their size. Mine is the older version with Android 13 which does not come with the Kiosk mode or the MQTT interface, however I contacted the seller through AE and they adivsed that an updated firmware is available that adds the MQTT interface. I have yet to receive that from them but will report back when (if) I do.

In terms of the review, I would agree about the relative slowness of the older, Android 13 model. I find mine to be less than snappy which is why I will probably buy one of the newer, more powerful, Android 14 models and then use my existing tablet in a less critical location.

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Yours has probably also a 4core CPU as being mentioned in the video

I have been using an Android tablet for 5y which also became to sluggish and doesn’t receive updates beyond v10 so I repurposed it for a HA dashboard and got a newer 8core model.

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The seller got back to me and sent me the updated firmware, installation tools and instructions. It was an easy process to update and now the tablet has the Kiosk and MQTT functionality, but still on Android 13, which I expected.

I have connected it to Mosquitto Broker and have the light control, relay switches and temperature and humidity sensors, as per the review video.

That’s a good little upgrade since the light control API that they originally sent me was completely beyond me!