Walmart plans to launch its own low cost Android tablet

Walmart plans to launch a cheap tablet under its own ONN brand, a spokesman for the company said. Bloomberg. According to the report, the device will be manufactured by a Chinese supplier, running Android, and should be aimed at children.

The tablet is the retailer's latest attempt to enter the electronics industry after publishing a line of Walmart brand video game PCs and laptops under the new Overpowered brand. We looked at the so-called Overpowered 17+ laptop and were disappointed by its fragile build quality, poor specifications, and insufficient customer support. Comments on the desktop game model were similarly impressed.

What is different from the upcoming Android tablet is that it will mainly target the budget. Its main competitor will be Amazon, which produces tablets such as the Fire Fire 8 for $ 79.99 and the Fire HD 10 for $ 149 – both available as child-friendly editions. However, Amazon tablets run on its own Amazon Fire operating system, a fork of Android, and therefore do not have access to a full range of Android apps. If Walmart tablets work on Android stock rather than a fork, this could be a key benefit.

BloombergThe report does not mention the prices or availability of the new Walmart tablets, but since at least one of them has already been certified by the Federal Communications Commission, they should not be too far from the publication. If Walmart finds the right price for its tablets, it could find its place in the electronics market.