Over the last few years, Android tablets have evolved as one of the most preferred entertainment devices. The large screen of this portable gadget is one of the reasons why people use it to watch movies and other videos. Moreover, the Android app store offers a plethora of video players that enrich the overall movie viewing experience. Although all tablet manufacturers provide a stock video player that comes pre-installed in the system, users are free to download the best players available in the Play store. Some of the current Android video players provide unique features that make them so popular among tablet users.
a. MX Player: This video player is undoubtedly the most popular and versatile player in the market. Apart from enhancing the video quality through advanced codecs, MX Player provides additional features such as child lock. The child lock feature lets you restrict access to other apps and facilities on your phone while you allow your kids or guests to watch a video on the tablet. Moreover, the player allows switching between the hardware and the software decoder, which lets the user choose whether to use the device or the player to perform the decoding of the file format.
b. VLC Media Player: VLC is extremely popular among personal computer users and is known to handle all kinds of video files. It made its much awaited debut in the Android ecosystem in mid-2012, and has been in the beta development phase since then. Although the complete version is yet to find a launch date, and despite the risks of running a beta version, several users have started using it as their default player. This is because the beta version already has the features that people currently enjoy in the desktop version. Video playback is flawless even at higher resolutions, while the music player is the simplest yet extremely impressive among other options on the Play store.
c. Google Play Movies: This video player developed by Google only plays movies directly streamed from the Google Play’s movie section. Users can either buy a digital copy of the movie or rent it for a couple of days. The list of movies in Google’s database is virtually endless, and the online streaming is highly optimized for a splendid display on even the cheapest Android tablets.