# Fire Tablet or Android Tablet for wall panel

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/fire-tablet-or-android-tablet-for-wall-panel/111037>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [June 4, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fire-tablet-or-android-tablet-for-wall-panel/111037 "2024-06-04T16:27:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jaka99](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jaka99/32/83155_2.png) [@Jaka99](https://community.homey.app/u/Jaka99)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fire-tablet-or-android-tablet-for-wall-panel/111037/1 "2024-06-04T16:27:51Z")

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Is it better to use Android Tablet or Fire Tablet for a wall panel?

Regards

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**Author:** ![Andy\_Henderson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/andy_henderson/32/80642_2.png) [@Andy\_Henderson](https://community.homey.app/u/Andy_Henderson)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fire-tablet-or-android-tablet-for-wall-panel/111037/2 "2024-06-04T20:53:59Z")

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The Fire tablet _is_ an Android tablet. It just has a bunch of undesirable ‘Amazon stuff’ loaded on it and it does not have Google Play Store installed. However, the Fire tablets are well made and incredibly cheap - especially when on offer.

I installed the [Fully browser](https://www.fully-kiosk.com/) on a Fire tablet using the provided APK. There are sites that tell you how to install the Play Store - I couldn’t get any of them to work - but I didn’t need it. If you want to install other apps, you might be better using a more vanilla Android tablet.

There’s a toolbox for removing the Amazon stuff [here](https://xdaforums.com/t/windows-linux-tool-fire-toolbox-v34-0.3889604/). If you use a Fire tablet, that’s worth doing.

It’s also worth exploring the ‘Dashboard Controller’ and ‘Micro Web Server’ Homey apps. Both work well for me.

Andy

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**Author:** ![Hielke\_de\_Jong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hielke_de_jong/32/79029_2.png) [@Hielke\_de\_Jong](https://community.homey.app/u/Hielke_de_Jong)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fire-tablet-or-android-tablet-for-wall-panel/111037/3 "2024-06-05T10:04:22Z")

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I am using my very old (for a tablet) Nvidia K1 tablet with Fully Kiosk Browser(Android)/Dashboard controller (Homey-app) with SmartDash ([[Pro][Dashboard] SmartDash - a dashboard for Homey](https://community.homey.app/t/pro-dashboard-smartdash-a-dashboard-for-homey/83385)).

Any idea which apps you want to use? Because that also will be good to know before you make a choice.

With SmartDash for instance you also can use a nspapnel pro

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**Author:** ![Jaka99](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jaka99/32/83155_2.png) [@Jaka99](https://community.homey.app/u/Jaka99)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fire-tablet-or-android-tablet-for-wall-panel/111037/4 "2024-06-22T15:06:05Z")

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Thank you for quick replies. I have chosen 10 inch Android tablet to use with HDashboard.

Regards