Is Huawei’s latest tabet powered by HarmonyOS 2 a winner? Find out more in this Huawei MatePad Pro (2021) review.
About this Huawei MatePad Pro (2021) review: I used the 12.6-inch Huawei MatePad Pro (2021) for four days running HarmonyOS 2.0.0.122. The MatePad Pro was provided to Android Authority by Huawei for this review. What you need to know about the Huawei MatePad Pro (2021) Huawei also offers a more direct successor to last year’s model with a 10.8-inch 2021 version. This tablet packs a not-quite-flagship-class Snapdragon 870, smaller 7,250mAh battery, and sticks with a 60Hz LCD for its display technology. Fortunately, the tablet offers the same 8GB RAM and 128/256GB memory options as its bigger sibling. What’s new with the revamped hardware? Huawei’s tablet looks and feels like a premium device. HarmonyOS itself is rather good for a tablet OS, even if the skin is heavily Apple-inspired (see the app dock), and isn’t really a game-changer from its previous EMUI software. Powered by Huawei’s Kirin 9000E chipset, the OS is snappy and smooth. It also offers a smorgasbord of handy features, such as app shortcuts and a side dock, draggable windows, system-wide dark mode, and support for Huawei’s multi-screen collaboration with compatible phones and monitors. The settings menu, notification shade, and quick settings are all clean and simple to navigate. At its core, HarmonyOS does everything you want and does it well. Sadly, the apps situation remains unsatisfactory for most users. AppGallery still only offers a limited selection of popular Western apps and those that are pre-installed are bloated with ads and trial prompts.
