The Alexa Tablet 12 Pro is almost the Android tablet we needed

<figure> <img alt="A photo of a tablet on a table, in a keyboard case." data-caption="The screen looks good no matter what’s on it. Star Wars helps, though. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Photo: David Pierce / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Alexa-Tablet-hero.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> The screen looks good no matter what’s on it. Star Wars helps, though. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">We have to talk about this screen. It's the first thing you notice, and maybe the only thing that matters, about the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DT25J8W8">Alexa Tablet 12 Pro</a>. It's a 12-inch, 2800 x 1840 panel with a new technology Amazon calls "Nanomatte" that is meant to decrease glare and increase the feeling that you can reach out and touch the things you see onscreen. When Amazon set out to build the best tablet the company has ever shipped, it started with this screen.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The $549.99 device I've been testing is one of four new models in the Alexa Tablet lineup, which ranges from a $229.99 8-inch model up to a $679.99 12 Pro with this Nanomatte coating and some extra RAM you …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1010780/alexa-tablet-12-pro-review">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>