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What Kiosk Tablet? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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I've been using an Amazon tablet with Fully Kiosk for a few months but it frankly sucks ass. Keeps resetting itself or kicking back to the Amazon home screen to name a few issues.

If money isn't a factor, what tablet do you think would be the dream choice for integrating as a wall mountable Hass tablet?

Fully Kiosk is a great app but still very hacky, so I'd like a tablet that doesn't require workarounds to keep it in kiosk mode.

I hate telemetry and spyware as well so I guest that puts anything Amazon or Google based out of the equation.

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

I'm leaning towards a Samsung A7 flashed with LineageOS and I may try to use FullyKiosk again. I just really hate the idea of using an Amazon or Google OS. I would build a raspberry pi / touchscreen system if I had the time.

How important is the battery concern? I've read it's an overblown worry for modern tablets.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Well...

    TBH, I've not seen a battery bulge (in a tablet... seen plenty others...), but I do have a tablet which doesn't seem to hold it's charge as well as it used to.

    So, have I done in-depth long-term testing... no.

    Personally, I just got some of these USB switches and was more interested in whether I could control it easily (I could)

    Re: LineageOS - yeah, I agree, if you can find the right tablet AND it's supported, then definitely flash it.

    You might still need to download the latest webview component though.

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