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Which tablets to use for Roll20?

Hello, Been on Roll20 for a few months now, working on a supers campaign for ICONS. Three weeks ago my computer crashed and as a stop gap, and for other necessities, I am going to get a tablet. Is there any recommendations on good tablets to research that work well with Roll20? What have been people's experiences with different tablets and Roll20?
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Lithl
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Roll20 works best with Chrome, and may have some problems with Safari. Prefer an Android tablet over an iOS tablet. A larger screen is also going to be nicer, as you have more screen real-estate for everything. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 that works pretty well. That said, I don't recommend using a tablet as GM if you can avoid it, since the GM needs to do more, and the tablet is limited compared to using a PC. I've used my tablet as both GM and player, and the experience running as GM was... unpleasant.
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Pat S.
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I agree with Brian on this matter I have a Samsung tab2 and it is very difficult to use as a GM. Android doesn't support the audio and video here. My tablet is a 7 inch and it is not easy to work with at that size.
Not strictly a tablet per se, but the Microsoft Surface PRO series can run it in a full normal browser.
Hm, well that is good to know that tablets are not great for a GM when running Roll20. Just so I understand correctly, they are OK if you are just working on your campaign not actively running it?
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Gauss
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Here you go: <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Mobile_Tablet_Support" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Mobile_Tablet_Support</a>
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Pat S.
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Erik K. said: Hm, well that is good to know that tablets are not great for a GM when running Roll20. Just so I understand correctly, they are OK if you are just working on your campaign not actively running it? They are ok but you will get frustrated with them a lot of times. Much of the functions that are easy to use with a mouse are difficult with the finger zoom or placement or such. I haven't used a tablet here in a while so it could have improved but I believe tablet support is still considered beta but getting better. I know skype works on android so you could use that for your audio but I'm not sure if you can have it and roll20 running at the same time.
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Kevin
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My Nexus 7 is unusable. Also, you can't do things like promote to GO or kick players due to the UI being mouse-centric.