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Samsung made a giant Android tablet that it thinks will replace your TV

Antonio Villas-Boas

2015-10-28T18:57:07Z

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Samsung has just unveiled a gigantic tablet with an 18.4-inch display called the Galaxy View.

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For perspective, the iPad Air 2 has a 9.7-inch display. Samsung's new tablet is nearly twice as large.

It looks like a regular Android tablet, but it has a built-in stand that props it up so you don't have to hold it.

It's specifically designed to let you watch video content from cable or video streaming services in places around your home where you might not have a TV or cable box.

Check out the photos to learn more about Samsung's giant creation.

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The Galaxy View has a 18.4-inch display, which is huge for a tablet. At almost six pounds, it's not as heavy as you'd think it is.

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It runs on Android 5.1, which means it can run pretty much any app from the Google Play Store.

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And you can even use Samsung's multiview feature, which lets you split the screen with two different apps, but it's not designed for productivity like Apple's iPad Pro. There's no keyboard, for example.

samsung galaxy view multi view split screen

It's designed to stream video. The default home screen is specially designed for easy access to video streaming apps, like Netflix and Hulu, as well as the apps from your cable provider.

samsung galaxy view media home screen

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If you're a Time Warner Cable subscriber, for example, you can watch all your channels from the Time Warner Cable app.

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The 1080p resolution screen has an aspect ratio of 16:9, which is better for watching video than some tablets that have a 4:3 aspect ratio, like the iPad, where most video has black bars above and below the video itself.

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And since it runs Android, you can play games from the Play Store, too. We were playing Badlands for a moment there.

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It's propped up by a stand on the back.

samsung galaxy vie stand

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And it can be laid almost flat at an angle.

samsung galaxy view tablet

The stand also has a handle so you can pick up the View and move it easily from room to room around your home, like the bedroom where we were playing Badlands.

samsung galaxy view handle

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To the living room.

samsung galaxy view android tablet

To the kitchen.

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And even take your binge-watch session to the bathroom!

samsung galaxy view

There are only two viewing angles. Upright is good for resting the View on surface with more space, and flat is good for your lap or sitting at a table.

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