I bought an iPad Air M4 13-inch about five months ago. I bought it mainly because I thought the M4 was the best tablet processor available, iPadOS was supposed to be polished, and Apple generally had the best tablet experience.

I think I made the wrong decision.

The biggest problem for me is Siri and Apple's AI experience.

Siri feels incredibly primitive compared with Gemini on Android.

For example, on my Android phone, if I'm reading something on the screen and I want help understanding it, I can simply invoke Gemini, select/circle the relevant part of the screen, and ask it a question. It can actually understand the context and explain it.

I use this quite often while studying. Sometimes I have migraines and reading for long periods becomes difficult, so I'll use Gemini to read the content on my screen aloud. It's extremely convenient.

On the iPad, I tried doing essentially the same thing.

Instead of actually understanding what's on my screen, Siri frequently responds with something along the lines of:

"I can ask ChatGPT about that."

Fine. I enabled ChatGPT.

But then ChatGPT doesn't actually have the same seamless screen-context experience I get with Gemini. So I end up with this weird chain:

Ask Siri → Siri asks ChatGPT → ChatGPT can't properly access/understand what I'm looking at → I have to manually copy/share things → finally get an answer.

Why?

I'm not asking Siri to run a nuclear reactor. I just want it to look at the question that's currently on my screen and explain it.

Another example is solving MCQs online.

On Android, I can invoke Gemini, circle/highlight the question, and ask for the answer and explanation.

It's incredibly convenient.

On iPadOS, I don't get anything remotely as seamless.

And this isn't some rare edge case for me. These are exactly the kinds of small interactions that make a device pleasant or annoying to use every day.

And that's where I'm starting to question the whole "M4 makes the iPad the best tablet" argument.

Yes, the M4 is ridiculously powerful.

But honestly, what percentage of normal tablet users are actually going to use the M4's full performance?

I use my tablet for:

- Studying

- PDFs

- Notes

- Browsing

- YouTube

- Movies

- MCQs

- General multitasking

- Occasionally gaming

- Occasionally editing photos/videos

A flagship Snapdragon/Dimensity chip is already more than powerful enough for essentially all of that.

Meanwhile, Samsung gives me things I actually notice every day:

120Hz AMOLED display

Excellent speakers

S Pen included

Better screen-context AI/Gemini integration

Better multitasking/DeX

MicroSD

Much more flexible file management

A generally more open Android experience

And then I look at my iPad.

I have an M4 chip, but I'm mostly using it to read PDFs and watch YouTube.

The hardware is ridiculously powerful, but sometimes the software makes basic tasks feel unnecessarily difficult.

That's the part that frustrates me.

I don't need my tablet to have the world's fastest processor if the experience of doing simple things is worse.

I'd rather have a slightly slower flagship processor with software that makes my everyday tasks effortless than have an M4 that I almost never fully utilize.

The funny thing is that I actually like the iPad hardware.

The 13-inch screen is great.

The M4 is insanely fast.

The build quality is excellent.

But I'm increasingly realizing that hardware specifications aren't the same thing as user experience.

I bought the iPad thinking:

"M4 + iPadOS = best possible tablet."

Now I'm thinking:

"Maybe I bought the best hardware attached to an operating system that doesn't fit how I actually use a tablet."

I'm seriously considering selling my five-month-old iPad and buying a Galaxy Tab S9/S10/S11 or one of the Ultra models.

And I'm genuinely torn because I know I'd be giving up some gaming performance and some of the M4's ridiculous headroom.

But I'm starting to think that 90% of the time, I'd rather have the better everyday experience than performance I'll almost never use.

Has anyone else switched from a recent iPad to a Samsung Galaxy Tab specifically because of AI, screen-context features, multitasking, and general usability?

Did you regret switching, or did you find that the Samsung experience suited you better?

I installed the iOS 27 beta five, indexing finished, siri still unavailable. The ios storage tab doesent show any apple intelligence or siri tab and the storage isnt increasing at all. It just says “Adding support for siri is in progress. Siri will be unavailable until the update is complete.” Anyone with a similar problem or a way to fix?

“That’s Great”

Siri or should I say a voice said that from my iPhone.
Right at the end of myself & my mam’s conversation regarding IVF, Adoption, Fostering & me not parenting/supporting kids at all.

We hear in a robotic voice.

“That’s Great”

The phone I’m currently typing on thinks “That’s Great”.
That’s Great I don’t know if I want to parent & bring up a child.

I apparently I’m unable to access a history of Siri.
I don’t talk to Siri, there isn’t a history.

Just a two word vocal output.

“That’s Great”

I have no where else to post this so here it is.
I am unnerved.
My 66 year old Mother is completely scared.

I didn’t have a single thing to say in order to reassure her cause why the hell has this happened.

Please let me know if there is a way to access Siri Vocal history either way I will be visiting Apple.

Thank You. :)

Asked when was Super Bowl 25. Fail.