Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Mobile
  3. News

Xiaomi teases Android tablet, looks a lot like the Lenovo Yoga Tablet

Williams Pelegrin
By
xiaomi celebrates 5th birthday news
Image used with permission by copyright holder

While Xiaomi is a well-known smartphone developer, it has yet to enter the tablet space. However, if a teaser image from Chinese social media website Weibo is any indication, that is about to change. The teaser image shows us a tablet that seems quite familiar to one we’ve already reviewed.

Xiaomi-teaserAccording to the teaser image, Xiaomi’s upcoming tablet will sport the same cylindrical side that the Lenovo Yoga Tablet does. When we reviewed the Yoga Tablet, we came to love that cylindrical side. Not only did it allow for a comfortable reading experience and a sturdy kickstand, but thanks to the added girth, Lenovo packed in a large battery pack that allowed for fantastic battery life. If Xiaomi’s pictured tablet is any indication, we expect a similar experience out of it.

Recommended Videos

Where Xiaomi’s tablet will reportedly differ is in software. Not too long ago, Xiaomi published the Android ROM for its tablet-friendly MIUI, Xiaomi’s customized Android overlay. While it certainly has its fair share of similarities to iOS, it’s a clean interface that seems to play nice with the tablet form factor. We could see MIUI make its debut on Xiaomi’s tablet, but we’re on a wait-and-see approach.

Related

Oddly, the teaser image doesn’t line up with recent leaks, which picture a tablet that looks nothing like the one that was teased. This tablet, seen below, sports an iPad Mini-like design and is rumored to be an entry-level device. GizChina reports that the “Mipad” will feature a 720p display powered by a Snapdragon 400 chipset, an Adreno GPU, and 1GB of RAM. It will reportedly run Android 4.3 and offer 8GB of internal storage and an 8-megapixel rear camera.

The teaser image reveals an April 23 date, so that could be the day when Xiaomi finally clears the air and announces either just one or several products.

Xiaomi tablet leaks
Image used with permission by copyright holder

Editors' Recommendations

Topics
Williams Pelegrin
Williams Pelegrin
Former Digital Trends Contributor
Williams is an avid New York Yankees fan, speaks Spanish, resides in Colorado, and has an affinity for Frosted Flakes. Send…
Samsung just launched a secret Android tablet
Three Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 2024 tablets next to each other, in mint, pink, and black.

Samsung just launched a new Android tablet, but you probably didn't know anything about it. That's because the company has quietly released a new version of the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite in Romania, and it's done so without any fanfare — no launch event, trailer, press release, or anything.

The 2024 model of the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is now listed on Samsung's Romanian website. Although we don't know how much it costs — or if/when it's coming to other markets — we do know what the tablet looks like and what specs it's packing.

Read more
How to print from an Android phone or tablet
Epson WF-7510 front printing

Most people think they don't need a printer, and that's often true. Given that you can display technology like tickets and QR codes on your phone, not to mention the prevalence of technology like mobile wallets, printers can seem charmingly antiquated - right up until the moment you urgently need to have a document on paper for a trip or presentation. If that happens to you, no worries - you can print directly from your smartphone or tablet, and here we'll show you a guide on how to print from your Android device.

Read more
Qualcomm is about to make cheap Android phones better than ever
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 render.

Qualcomm is adding a new top-tier mobile chipset to its portfolio — one that takes the best bits of its flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 silicon, makes some concessions, and serves it all up in a more affordable package. The result of those efforts is the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, which is slated to appear inside phones from Xiaomi and Honor in the coming month.

Qualcomm is once again pushing generative AI capabilities for its latest silicon, touting features like image expansion, support for AI models from the likes of Meta to create an intelligent on-device assistant, and readiness for Google’s Gemini Nano model. So far, these things have remained exclusive to Google's Pixel and Samsung flagships, but it appears that the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 will finally bring them to a larger audience.

Read more