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I repurposed an old Samsung S3 for my EFB, but even an ancient Google Nexus 9 will run the Android EFBs just fine. If you are in the Google ecosystem for work, nonprofit, or personal reasons, the Android EFBs will work well. Put one copy on a tablet and one on your phone and you are covered with and without wifi access for planning.
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I am considering a Samsung tablet but from what I was reading ( Up to Oct 2021) the Android version of Garmin pilot is far behind the Apple software and not worth running on an adroid. Does anyone have recent experience with the current version of Garmin pilot android? Lenovo, Samsung, and Huawei all make 8" tablets, but they are seriously out of date OS-wise, and the OS can no longer be updated. The Huawei M5 is a beast of a tablet with an incredible screen.
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The BT connection works on both a Samsung S9 tablet and Google Pixel 10, the issue is with ADS-B and SXM weather updates over BT. Traffic and flight plan transfers work. I have two Android EFBs installed on my aviation tablet (currently a Galaxy Tab S5e, after retiring my Galaxy Tab S3). DroidEFB (formerly Avilution) - This is a stone-simple EFB that has all the charts and procedures, as well as quick weather and W&B standalone apps. Procedures are geo-referenced in the premium version.
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The accelerometers in a phone or tablet won't do it, but an external AHRS source will. Garmin Pilot in Android can take AHRS input from either my panel-mounted GTX 345 transponder or my portable GDL 51 SiriusXM receiver. That happens with Android, too, but there's an expectation of longer legacy support — I'm still running Garmin Pilot in my plane on a Nexus 7 tablet (released 2013) running Android 6 (2015). It's a bit slow starting up — no surprise for a tablet that retailed for $100 7 years ago — but it still does OK. I've been using Foreflight since it's inception, and it's basically the only real APP on my phone (I actually use the phone for business and texts primarily - but like having ForeFlight on the phone and taking pictures). My son switched over to a Samsung Galaxy and I'm pretty impressed with...