# Android Tablet for Homey **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-Topic\ **Created:** [June 4, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/android-tablet-for-homey/30835 "2020-06-04T16:12:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johannes1702](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@johannes1702](https://community.homey.app/u/johannes1702)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/android-tablet-for-homey/30835/1 "2020-06-04T16:12:28Z")
Hey, I‘m living in the iOS world but as Android Tablets are much cheaper I want to wall-mount one for controlling my home. Can you recommend a cheap but still good Android tablet where I can install and run the Homey App for Android? Thanks, Johannes ---
**Author:** ![Picsou621](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/picsou621/32/15357_2.png) [@Picsou621](https://community.homey.app/u/Picsou621)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 8:30am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/android-tablet-for-homey/30835/2 "2020-06-05T08:30:01Z")
Hi! If it’s just to control your home with Homey, why not try a KOBO Aura and [https://homey.ink/](https://homey.ink/) ? ---
**Author:** ![Hugo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hugo/32/11530_2.png) [@Hugo](https://community.homey.app/u/Hugo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/android-tablet-for-homey/30835/3 "2020-06-05T09:31:43Z")
Because it’s more expensive? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![johannes1702](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@johannes1702](https://community.homey.app/u/johannes1702)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/android-tablet-for-homey/30835/4 "2020-06-05T14:02:29Z")
I did not like homey ink so much. ---
**Author:** ![DidierVU](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/didiervu/32/12458_2.png) [@DidierVU](https://community.homey.app/u/DidierVU)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 7:15am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/android-tablet-for-homey/30835/5 "2020-06-08T07:15:49Z")
You could look for an older iPad? Homey requires at least iOS 10 ---
**Author:** ![Satoer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/satoer/32/38113_2.png) [@Satoer](https://community.homey.app/u/Satoer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 6:55am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/android-tablet-for-homey/30835/6 "2020-06-10T06:55:47Z")
> [@johannes1702](#): > > I‘m living in the iOS world but as Android Tablets are much cheaper I want to wall-mount one for controlling my home. > > Can you recommend a cheap but still good Android tablet where I can install and run the Homey App for Android? > [@johannes1702](#): > > I did not like homey ink so much. Don’t you have an old unused iPad? I’m using a NodeRed customizable dashboard comunicating over MQTT with Homey running on a old iPad 2 (not the air2) with iOS 9: ![afbeelding](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/e/2eb641991d6b5c7e8afc2f90fc704a1120d7e242.jpeg) [https://community.homey.app/t/node-red-a-widget-based-dashboard-working-with-homey-trough-mqtt](https://community.homey.app/t/node-red-a-widget-based-dashboard-working-with-homey-trough-mqtt) ---
**Author:** ![Picsou621](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/picsou621/32/15357_2.png) [@Picsou621](https://community.homey.app/u/Picsou621)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/android-tablet-for-homey/30835/7 "2020-06-11T11:59:39Z")
Well, not only will a KOBO Aura be cheaper than an Android tablet even of average quality, but in fact the problem is not there: the issue is the autonomy of the tablet. If you have a power supply right behind the tablet on the wall and you can hide the cables, that’s fine, but it’s quite rare… Where an e-ink tablet will have an autonomy of several weeks, an Android tablet with a screen that’s always on will have a much lower autonomy, even during the day, and not much more if the screen is off. That’s the real thinking 😉 ---
**Author:** ![M\_a\_r\_c\_o](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/m_a_r_c_o/32/146_2.png) [@M\_a\_r\_c\_o](https://community.homey.app/u/M_a_r_c_o)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/android-tablet-for-homey/30835/8 "2020-06-12T12:32:17Z")
Take for example a Lenovo Tab M10 3GB 32GB Wifi Zwart Euro 180,- ---
**Author:** ![johannes1702](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@johannes1702](https://community.homey.app/u/johannes1702)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/android-tablet-for-homey/30835/9 "2020-06-30T19:16:37Z")
Thanks for mentioning this to me… Just started to play with it and love it. DId not buy a tablet yet, currently trying it out on my “normal” iPad Pro still. ---
**Author:** ![Sad\_Niskanen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sad_niskanen/32/123396_2.png) [@Sad\_Niskanen](https://community.homey.app/u/Sad_Niskanen)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/android-tablet-for-homey/30835/10 "2025-02-19T21:51:37Z")
Is there example 15 inch tablet which can run homey ? Mainly looking to put it on wall ror daahboard use