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• Updated October 2026
Best Android Tablets 2026: Top Non-iPad Picks
Highest-rated tablets outside Apple's walled garden
By DeviceBenchmark Mobile Lab
• Verified against standardized benchmarks
Skipping the iPad? These are the highest-rated Android tablets, from Galaxy Tab flagships to value challengers.
Featured Hardware Evaluated in This Guide
Our overall tablet ranking is iPad-heavy at the top. This list answers the Android-only question: the best slabs running Google's OS, ranked by score — Samsung leads, with OnePlus, Oppo, and Xiaomi pressing behind.
Top-rated Android tablets
- OnePlus Pad 3 Pro — 93/100, the highest-scoring Android tablet in our database. Full specs & benchmarks
- Oppo Pad 5 Pro — 91/100, a 90+ scorer that trades blows with the very best. Full specs & benchmarks
- OnePlus Pad 4 — 91/100, a 90+ scorer that trades blows with the very best. Full specs & benchmarks
- Vivo Pad 6 Pro — 90/100, a 90+ scorer that trades blows with the very best. Full specs & benchmarks
- Lenovo Legion Gen 5 (Y700) 2026 — 89/100. Full specs & benchmarks
- Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5 — 88/100. Full specs & benchmarks
- Honor MagicPad 4 — 87/100. Full specs & benchmarks
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra — 87/100. Full specs & benchmarks
How to choose
Android tablets live or die by update policy as much as silicon — weight the manufacturer's promised update years alongside the score.
Compare any two head-to-head in our comparison engine or browse the full leaderboard.