This has been hidden in developer options for a while now, but they’re now releasing it officially
This used to be exciting stuff about ten years ago when some of us still thought Google was doing cool things.
https://www.androidauthority.com/desktop-mode-march-pixel-drop-3646069/
Submitted 3 hours ago by snowdriftissue@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.androidauthority.com/desktop-mode-march-pixel-drop-3646069/
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zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 minutes ago
Fetus@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
So sort of like the Continuum mode that Windows Phones had, like, ten years ago?
masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
Literally every Samsung Android phone has come with their Dex desktop for like 10 years too.
I fucking hate Google at this point. They’re just an even shittier version of apple now.
Yaky@slrpnk.net 2 hours ago
Like desktop mode on Librem5 in 2020, convergence on PinePhone from 2021, or Samsung Dex from a few years ago, too.
cabbage@piefed.social 2 hours ago
And every Ubuntu Touch device with support for external monitors for the last ten years or so. Here’s a demonstration running on a Fairphone 4.
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 hours ago
Oh the Motorola Atrix from like, 2014? I still have the lapdock. Used it with an original RPi for a while to make a terrible laptop.
greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 2 hours ago
Yes, but even a diamond encrusted turd still gets flushed, diamonds and all.
ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 2 hours ago
It works okay, but not great for me. I toss my phone on one of my old laptops docking station at work, but some apps like to force a shit resolution. It is pretty neat having them in moveable windows though.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 hour ago
Have you used the latest version?
jjs@infosec.pub 1 hour ago
Anyone know if this works with GrapheneOS? I haven’t tested this in a very long time and then I was on stock. Android.
snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
It does in fact work with GOS
djdarren@piefed.social 1 hour ago
I last tried out the beta version of it on Graphene a couple of months back and it was rough. In fairness though, I was mostly using it to figure out how to use it to install a full fat Linux distro, which is probably a niche use.
My phone’s just updated, so I’ll give it another spin when I get home tonight and report back.
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
I love this! Wish iPhone would have this feature.
If so, I could do all my work with just my iPhone.
I have a 15, and will hold out on a new iPhone for at least 4-5 years. I may go longer if there is not a desktop mode by then though.
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 hours ago
iPhone will never have it for the same reason that iPads don’t get proper window management and MacBooks don’t get touchscreens.
Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 9 minutes ago
This comment gave me flashbacks to when I tried to use a cheap external touchscreen monitor plugged into an old macbook pro with a singular usb-c cable. It “worked” but the ux was a disaster
JTode@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
In other news, Windows has Linux built-in now, so you don’t need to ever install it yourself!
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 hours ago
And a monitor that supports usb-c, I assume.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
Or just a converter from USB-C to whatever you have on your current screen.
pHr34kY@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
DisplayLink. The Dell box I use to hotdesk my office laptop by day also works as a KVM on my pixel 9a. I get power, monitor, keyboard, mouse and ethernet on one cable.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 hours ago
Do you mean DisplayPort?
artyom@piefed.social 3 hours ago
I’ve been waiting for this for a while. Is it really “stable” though? There’s very limited info on this but what little there is seems to suggest it’s not ready.
mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
For some reason, I thought this was already possible and it was something I was jealous of as an iPhone user.
dnub@piefed.social 2 hours ago
Samsung S devices have Dex (desktop mode) for years now
Vlyn@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
Yeah, I stumbled over that when I wanted to charge my phone while I’m away in a meeting. Plugged it into the USB-C at my desk, suddenly the content of my phone opened up on my two office monitors, lol.
mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Must be what I’m thinking of.
vikingtons@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
it was, just in an early state under the developer settings
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 hours ago
Oh, so your Pixel, but not my Pixel.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
Let’s be clear, for a feature that Samsung phones have had for a decade at this point.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 8 minutes ago
This feature debuted on the Moto Atrix in 2011. There was even a version of Ubuntu that could use the feature.
BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 1 hour ago
sad pixel 5 noises
I’ve been waiting for a camera bump free upgrade, the 10a might be it but I’m reluctant to continue up the phone size escalator.
snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
My guy if you use that phone for anything remotely sensitive you should get a new one. It hasn’t received security updates in over 2 years
Pxtl@lemmy.ca 1 hour 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?
aquovie@lemmy.cafe 56 minutes 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).
criticon@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
Not all USB-C are equal. They can add or remove features as they please