[Xperia Z4 Tablet General] GarySan:
Hey guys, just want to first say hi am a new registered user have always been impressed with how helpful this community is :)

Anyway, seeing the tablet is still fairly new and no threads have been created so far I just want to talk a little bit about my awesome experience with the remote play functionality of the Xperia Z4 tablet. I've had my tablet for a few weeks now bought mine from Yatango as soon as it came out (black standalone no keyboard). I bought mine mainly because I wanted to try an android tablet for once other than Ipads and plus I am a Sony fan with many of their items such as Bravia TV, HMZ T3W, Xperia phone series etc so this tablet was naturally the choice.

WIFI Remote play function was the the first thing I tested out as soon as I unboxed my tablet ( in fact was first thing I tried too with Xperia Z3 phone lol). Registering the device onto my PS4 was a breeze and mounting it onto the new GCM10 mount was just as easy. As soon as I power up the remote play app and connect it to my PS4 I was immediately impressed! The GCM10 mount was supposedly designed fo the Xperia Z3 series but because the Xperia Z4 tablet is so lightweight it doesn't fall back or off and still very comfortable to hold the controller. Display quality was fantastic, maybe just a little washed out because it's game streaming but that's only if you're being really picky. My home internet is extremely slow so I use my mobile phone 4G tethering as a hotspot for my ps4 and Xperia Z4 tablet to connect together while my controller is connected to the console rather than tablet to prevent lag bluetooth interference.

Anyway to sum up how well this worked I have finished the game named Bloodborne (Difficulty: NG++++) and am ploughing through Chalice dungeons without any problems. I was also able to play games such as Drive Club, Dark Souls 2, GTA5, Journey, Final Fantasy Realm Reborn, FFX and J-Star Victory Versus no problems. Now like I said though because my ps4 is only wirelessly connected to hotspot so the performance is not exactly optimal, my remote play setting streaming video quality is set to high but the frame rate quality I could only set to standard otherwise there will be noticeable lag. I'm sure somebody with ethernet connected console with great internet at home will certainly have no problems whatsoever setting everything to high.

Other than remote play, everything is good and I'm very happy with the purchase. I have just bought a keyboard seperately and because I'm not exactly a big man only 175cm in height so it's quite comfortable for me to use even for a long period. I've been playing around with Microsoft Office, Office Suite, editting PDFs etc and can fully see myself using this for University. One thing I do wish the tablet had was multi window tasking (small apps are good but not enough) similar to Samsung's, but I've heard rumours future android updates may bring such a function so am looking forward to it.

Here are some pics to finish off:

It will leave a little mark on the back of the tablet but no biggie (for me anyway):

EDIT: I'm aware some people may experience some troubles (most notably input lags with controller) when remote playing, hence I have included in the following some simple solutions (which worked for myself) that may improve the functionality . I claim no credit for these solutions as I also only found them on other forums:

I can't connect the DS4 controller to the Tablet via USB OTG cable.

try going to Settings => XPERIA Connectivity => USB Connectivity => Detect USB Device; it should now detect your connected USB devices. See how that goes. From what i gather the tablet is designed such a way not to auto connect possibly due to the waterproofing feature.

There are input lags due to the Bluetooth Interference.

This is a good method if you're playing at a close distance to your PS4. Create a New User with a new PSN account (i.ee. sign up to PSN with a new email), then register your XPERIA Z4 Tablet with this new account. The reason being for doing this is because it can bypass having to connect your controller to the tablet which as a result may cause input lag due to Bluetooth connectivity. Essentially what you've done here is your controller is still connected to the PS4 while you are remote playing. All you have to do is just hit the PS button on the controller and change back to your main account. By the way this is the method that I use since the PS4 is always close to me when i play. Now if you're at a distance then another solution may be available:

Have your controller connected to the XPERIA Z4 Tablet, download "Bluetooth Auto Connect" from UniqTec on Play store. Leave everything default, but while your connection to the Controller is active open Bluetooth Auto Connect - Hit "Connect Now" in the Advanced Options Submenu - And now the Lags should disappear. I found this on a forum quite a while back; sounds crazy and no idea which genius figured it out lol. Just a warning though I haven't tried this method yet so no idea if it really works.

Thanks for reading guys hope you find this helpful, :good:

Gary