ITT: “My [insert model] has had it since 1865, SNORE!”
What ever happened to google merging chrome and android that was talked about like 10 years ago?
Probably been in the Google idea/product graveyard for the last 9 years
Fuchsia? It became the OS for their nest line of products I think.
Now they’re doing away with chrome os I guess to make Chromebooks run android in an attempt to compete with Apple’s iPad line. I actually suspect Dex is part of this.
If Android lands this in a good way, I may finally switch off of iPhone. I do not need a laptop and a phone if I can just dock my phone and get my work done.
I do have a desktop at home, but I do occasionally enough need to travel and bring a laptop. It feels kind of like a waste, but a portable monitor, keyboard, and mouse would be great if I could just dock my phone and do my meetings.
Since I host meetings, tablets don’t offer enough functionality.
Carrying three separate devices (portable screen, keyboard, mouse) seems more hassle than carrying a single device (a laptop). Though it could be useful if I already have a screen, a keyboard and a mouse where I’m going.
With DEX you can use your phone as a touchpad.
You can do that with any phone and pc though lol
One can have a laptop-form dock station. Or something like.
Not so much about hassle, but cost.
Why spend $1000 on a phone and $1000 on a laptop when just one would do.
https://nexdock.com/order-nexdock/
Devices like this would solve the problem of carrying a screen and keyboard.
My Motorola Edge+ 2023 has desktop mode when connected to an external display.
And my Samsung has had it for longer than that. But this one is made by Google.
But this one is made by Google.
So it’s gonna be feature starved and then gets abandoned and killed
That’s implied
Motorola have been doing desktop modes since the Atrix 4g. Samsung have had it for a long time as well (s8 or s9?). Its kinda crazy how slow google is at getting this out for stock android.
I still have one. The problem was 1. It was not powerful enough and 2. It required dedicated hardware.
With new phones coning with the option of 16GB ran and up, and being able to connect to any monitor over display port alt mode, the time is ripe.
It all depends on what you are trying to accomplish with this mode. If your goal is to do basic documents, web browsing, media consumption, or email/chat/etc, then the Motorola latest phones are more than capable. I’m pairing my phone with a portable display and a foldable keyboard/track pad combo (Bluetooth). It is perfectly capable of day to day light computing. I’ve even done some very light python programming using PyDroid.
Yeah I figured as much. If this ever happens I’ll have to finally upgrade from my Pixel 7.
Having used dex on a Samsung s10, I think 1 still applies to some extent. But maybe new phones are better?
Single universal cable is pretty good though, definitely required.
Believe it or not, phones have gotten a lot more powerful over the last 6 years.
Lol of course, but I have also briefly tried it on an s22 ultra, and it still wasn’t a great experience. Still not a new-new phone, but it still had similar stuttering/lagginess issues that just killed the experience for me.
But it probably depends on what each individual can tolerate.
RAM is going to be a big deal. That’s why Sammy has been selling phones with tons of RAM for a while. Maybe the one you tried was not adequately equipped?
S22 Ultra has 12gb
I really wish their whole lap-dock concept had succeeded. Or at least ran a few more generations, so I could get an upgraded model with USBc
There are modern labdocks with usbc
Wow, there actually are! Thanks. I hadn’t looked In a long time
Dont take this as an endorsement, I have 2 semi broken ones, but nexdock/uperfect make lapdocks. The touchpads are pretty awful though.
Windows Phones had this even earlier
Continuum was ok, but Motorola’s Atrix 4G had a lap dock even earlier. It was an outdated version of Ubuntu, if I remember, but it worked. I still miss WP though.
My Huawei P10 Pro that i got in 2017 had a desktop mode. That was 8 years ago!
They were just waiting for Microsoft to add advertisements to Windows so they can do the same. Now it can be a new revenue channel and will see the light of day.
PureOS on Librem5 already does a “desktop mode”… snore.
Do you have one? How well does it work? I’m interested in getting a Linux phone, but am worried it will be a waste of money.
I have done no research, but my guess is it will be a waste of money right now. Any existing linux phones are too new for everything to be figured out. Pricing is likely very high for what you get right now too, since they don’t have the scale yet (and probs other things).
I believe they are mostly an enthusiast type deal at the minute.
With some more time I believe they will become very appealing.
Getting a flagship android is already a waste of money. They lose support in a few years and expect you to buy another
