How to Use AI on Your Tablet

• A big screen for reading answers and documents side by side
• A stylus for handwriting, sketching, and marking up
• Long battery life for study and meetings
• Light enough to carry everywhere

A phone is for quick questions. A tablet is for thinking with AI.

• iPadOS 27 brings the redesigned, Gemini-powered Siri and Apple Intelligence to supported iPads
• Writing Tools to proofread, rewrite, and summarize
• Math Notes and handwriting features with Apple Pencil
• Image Playground for quick, playful images

Apple Intelligence needs an iPad with an M-series chip or a recent iPad mini. Check Settings to see what your model supports.

• Gemini as the built-in assistant, with Gemini Live for voice
• Circle to Search with your finger or stylus
• Galaxy AI on Samsung tablets, with note summaries and sketch-to-image tools

• Handwrite notes, then ask AI to turn them into clean text
• Record a lecture or meeting where allowed, and get a summary
• Ask for a list of action items from your notes

Here are my handwritten meeting notes. Turn them into a short summary, a list of decisions, and a list of tasks with owners.

• Ask AI to quiz you on your notes
• Get a hard idea explained three ways
• Make flashcards from a chapter
• Use NotebookLM on your own study materials

• Open a PDF on one side and an AI app on the other
• Ask for a summary, then the key arguments, then the weak points
• Use Perplexity or a search-enabled chatbot when you need sources

Tablets let you run two apps at once. Keep your document, notes, or slides on one side and your AI assistant on the other, and drag text between them.

• Sketch a rough idea and ask AI to suggest improvements
• Use Canva on a tablet for quick social posts and slides
• Turn a sketch into a cleaner illustration with built-in tools

• Use parental controls and age-appropriate apps
• Sit with younger children when they use AI
• Teach kids that AI can be wrong, and to check with an adult
• Use AI as a homework helper, not a homework doer

• Use a passcode and Face ID or fingerprint
• Check app permissions for microphone, camera, and photos
• Review AI apps’ data settings
• Do not share personal documents with apps you do not trust

• Morning: ask AI to plan your day from your notes
• During the day: capture notes by hand or voice
• Evening: ask for a summary and tomorrow’s top three tasks