Huawei’s MatePad Pro is a good tablet trapped in an OS war
The tech titan’s newest tablet delivers on many levels, but good luck finding one in the US — or getting any Google apps on it
Look around the next time you’re at a coffee shop or airport. Although it’s possible I haven’t been looking hard enough, I don’t think I’ve ever spotted an Android tablet out in the wild, much less a tablet that runs HarmonyOS, the operating system Huawei built to run on its devices in place of Google’s Android.
That changed when I tested the slender new Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 — the tablet Huawei is positioning as a competitor to Apple’s iPad Pro. The Huawei brand has been making inroads around the world, but because of itsfraught, often litigious relationship with the US government, the electronics manufacturer hasn’t struck gold in American markets
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