Hudl is also available in red, blue and purple On sale from September 30, Hudl will cost £119 in cash, or £60 if purchased with Tesco Clubcard points using Clubcard Boost. Please include a daytime phone number.Streaming movies and music service Blinkbox gets top billing on Tesco’s Hudl Android tablet – costing as little as £60 with Clubcard points.īlinkbox, owned by Tesco, will launch a books service later this year as Tesco targets the three-quarters of British homes which don’t own a tablet. Email us at or write to Consumer Champions, Money, the Guardian, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. We welcome letters but cannot answer individually. If yours has been bricked and you can’t wait, the Amazon Fire tablets are a great, good-value alternative. We have already fixed the issue for the majority of those who have contacted us and are urgently working on resolving any outstanding queries.” “We’re aware of a technical issue affecting a number of Hudl users and apologise to customers for any inconvenience caused. Newer versions of Hudl 2 devices can be fixed, and it is working on a solution for older models. However, Tesco tells us that it has not switched off the Hudl servers. Given that there could be as many as 500,000 still in use, it is surprising that Tesco had not formally said anything about this issue that has caused considerable anger among users. Your tablet will continue to work as normal as long as you do nothing – so don’t try to restore it to factory settings or update its operating system. This could affect a lot of users – the £119 tablet was a big seller between 20, as customers were offered a decent, cheaper alternative to the iPad. Surely it should have made a public announcement before pulling the plug or advising Hudl 2 owners that, if they want to keep their tablets running, they must update to the Android 5.1 Lollipop version before a certain date. Hudl tablets have been really successful, and there is still a buoyant second-hand market as they are easy to use, fast and powerful.įor Tesco to kill off the majority in a single blow, without any warning, is not right. This is a potential disaster, and yet Tesco has said almost nothing formally. This means the update that has been put in place will not fix the issue you’re seeing, we’re afraid.” But it has just announced via Twitter that “Hudl 1 and the first edition Hudl 2 have reached the end of life. The problem first emerged in January and, until now, Tesco has claimed to be working on a fix. I want to warn Tesco Hudl tablet users that the retailer has withdrawn software support which means if you try to restore your tablet to factory settings, it will not restart and is, in effect, useless.

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