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Pxtl@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Yeah, I have a pixel 7 and was disappointed on vacation to learn that its USB-C port can’t do video when I wanted to plug it into a hotel room TV.

I don’t get why this is a Pixel thing at all and not an Android thing though. Shouldn’t any Android OS device that can do full video output over USB-C be able to do this?

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aquovie@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Video out is frustratingly uncommon. Samsung, some Sony’s, and only very recently Pixels. Google was vocally against video out for a long time. And SD cards (gotta pay for drive). You were expected to roll the dice with whether Chromecast works with a random TV and wifi combination.

Pixels were popular for two reasons: the camera and “basic black rectangle” device (RIP Nexus).

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- Pxtl@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeah, Chromecast has been kind of a disaster for Google imho, in that it never got widespread adoption in TVs. If they’d pushed an open standard they might’ve been able to get that over the finish-line and get buy-in from 3rd parties. But instead every smart TV and smart phone has its own video streaming approach, it seems.
  
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- mierdabird@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The LG V20 had it all, still miss daily driving that phone
  
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  - Broken@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I had the Nexus 6 and then moved to the V30. Both of those phones were awesome and I still miss them.
    
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criticon@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Not all USB-C are equal. They can add or remove features as they please

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- Pxtl@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Right but I’m specifically referring to devices where their USB-C port is capable of full video out.
  
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Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Shouldn’t any Android OS device that can do full video output over USB-C be able to do this?

It will eventually. Pixels are usually the first ones to get everything because they are first-party devices.

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BladeFederation@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It’s supposed to be for Android 16 kn general once the feature is fully baked

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JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I am confused.

In developer options in basic android you can simply enable the feature right?

My old Sony xperia 5 ii can do that and it definitely isn’t a Sony feature…

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- ricecake@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  There’s hardware required to shunt the display out the USB port and since it’s not a super in demand feature they usually don’t implement it. As such the software for looking nice while doing it isn’t as developed.
  
  But yes, it’s been in developer settings for years, and was usable if your hardware supported it.
  
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