What year is it again?
Quiet Earthling, before Wootbot destroys you
I’ve had this tablet it was slow as molasses when it was new. If you’re looking for something around the same size best you can get is an ipad mini 6 ($350) below that for about half the price are the Alldocube pro mini tablets ($125 - 150).
Those are some painful specs, even cheap Amazon tablets have more storage
At this price, I suppose it could be useful as a dedicated web-based home automation controller, if kept on an internal-only network. It’s old enough you might not be able to access currently secure (https TLS-1.2 or higher) with the default browser. For in-house/trusted network, you could just go unencrypted. It’s pretty ancient…
It runs an unofficial version of Lineage OS 20 that’s updated to the October 2024 Android security patch. (Android 13) [UNOFFICIAL][ROM]ALPHA LineageOS 20 for Galaxy Tab A [SM-T550] Oct 11, 2024 | Page 3 | XDA Forums
Still, it works be hard to do much besides steam video with 8gb on board and that low RAM.