I think people are missing the bigger picture (heh) here. The use case for this would be to hook your phone to a USB-HDMI or DP cable adapter thingamagig, and then using your phone on a monitor as a full blown desktop computer. Google nerfed this feature on purpose, leaving it only to work on tablets.
Yup…and Google has failed to have a competitive alternative since. Does it still work for Samsung? I mean, full blown monitor via USB. I think they removed several features at some point (like forcing it to work only via wireless/miracast or something) after the S10 (the best phone they’ve made IMHO).
When lunch time comes around I unplug my work laptop from its USB-C docking station and plug my phone in. Works prrfect with my ultrawide, keyboard, and mouse. Then I watch YouTube or Plex while I eat.
I seriously won’t consider a Pixel until it can do the same. Samsung’s private folder implementation is also excellent. I can have a second VPN in there. I’ve been wanting virtualization on mobile for a while and this is close.
I think people are missing the bigger picture (heh) here. The use case for this would be to hook your phone to a USB-HDMI or DP cable adapter thingamagig, and then using your phone on a monitor as a full blown desktop computer. Google nerfed this feature on purpose, leaving it only to work on tablets.
That is basically what Samsung DeX does since at least
20102017Yup…and Google has failed to have a competitive alternative since. Does it still work for Samsung? I mean, full blown monitor via USB. I think they removed several features at some point (like forcing it to work only via wireless/miracast or something) after the S10 (the best phone they’ve made IMHO).
Nope, works absolutely fine with cable as well. Not sure how it was in the past, but I’m not particularly missing any feature
When lunch time comes around I unplug my work laptop from its USB-C docking station and plug my phone in. Works prrfect with my ultrawide, keyboard, and mouse. Then I watch YouTube or Plex while I eat.
I seriously won’t consider a Pixel until it can do the same. Samsung’s private folder implementation is also excellent. I can have a second VPN in there. I’ve been wanting virtualization on mobile for a while and this is close.
DeX was first released in 2017.