On August 5, Huawei unveiled its newest flagship tablet in China, and the MatePad Pro 2026 is already standing out as one of the thinnest, lightest large tablets on the market. The whole device measures just 4.7mm thick and weighs only 439 grams — Huawei likes to point out that’s about the weight of two apples, and it genuinely feels that light for a 12-inch slate.
The display is the star of the show: a 12-inch flexible OLED panel at 3036 x 1952 resolution, a 3:2 aspect ratio, a 144Hz refresh rate, and up to 1,600 nits of peak brightness, with AI HDR support for richer video playback. Buyers who want a glare-free finish can step up to the PaperMatte edition, which uses a nano-etched coating instead of a plastic screen protector.
Under the hood sits Huawei’s own Kirin T93 chip (or the slightly cheaper Kirin T93A in the base “Enjoy Edition”), which the company says is 25% faster than the previous generation. Configurations run from 12GB to 16GB of RAM and 256GB to 512GB of storage, all running HarmonyOS 6.1 with a “dual desktop” mode that turns the tablet into a more PC-like workspace with a simple four-finger swipe.
Battery life is a strong point too. A 10,400mAh cell supports 66W wired charging, enough for a full charge in about 53 minutes, plus 40W reverse charging so the tablet can top up a phone or a pair of earbuds. The cameras are modest for a flagship — a 50-megapixel rear sensor capped at 1080p video, and a 12-megapixel front camera — since Huawei is clearly positioning this device around productivity and creative work rather than photography, pairing it with an optional stylus, a Glide Keyboard, and a quad-speaker spatial audio system.
Pricing in China starts around $843 for the base Enjoy Edition and climbs to roughly $1,065 for the top PaperMatte configuration. For now, the MatePad Pro 2026 is a China-only release, though its sibling model, the MatePad Pro Max, eventually reached markets outside China after its own local debut, so a wider rollout isn’t out of the question.