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Harish Jonnalagadda

I used the Xiaomi Pad 8 for a month — these four features make the half-priced iPad Air clone the best mid-range Android tablet

Xiaomi Pad 8 review on Android Central.

Most of my tablet use is on the iPad Pro M4, and that's because of two things: the tandem OLED panel, and the software. The OLED on the iPad Pro is a joy to use, and it's just great to play games or read content. I dabble in music production, and it's easy to use the iPad to load a drum machine or synthesizer — most of these utilities just aren't available on Android.

That said, I always have an Android tablet on hand to use as a general media device and smart home controller. I used the Xiaomi Pad Mini in the last six months, and it did a masterful job in this regard. So when Xiaomi sent the Pad 8 over, I just switched out the Pad Mini with the Pad 8, and after a month of use, I'm convinced that this is the best mid-range Android tablet you can buy. There's a lot that the Pad 8 gets right, and I'm highlighting the four features I like the most.

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