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- android@lemmy.world
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Exciting moving forward, hopefully it leads to display port being standard on Android
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That said, when I plug my Sony into a dock with display port, it does forward my display… so is this actually new or new pixel?
It is new to Pixel. Unfortunately only a few (mostly expensive) phones have display support on the USB C port. For example the more expensive Samsung phones have it.
I used to use this feature a lot on my Samsung S5. Was super handy to just carry the adapter cable in my suitcase when staying at a hotel. Easy way to watch streams in my hotel room. Almost any TV in hotels has a free HDMI port to connect to.
ahh okay interesting, well hopefully with it being in Pixel that means that mainline android might get some features that support using it, and for manufacturers like sony and motorola that mostly just keep clean mainline android, maybe we’ll get some cool developments :)
I’m curious, what do you use desktop mode for?
Pure speculation on my part, but this could be a big part to replacing a Phone + Chromebook for computing and connectivity with just a Phone. This is a concept I really like.
There have been a few early attempts at this in past. The Asus Phonepad comes to mind.
With a setup like this you don’t need any kind off mobile hotspot, because the thing providing the hotspot would be the thing where you’re doing your computing.
I would love a day where I could just have a phone for everything
Huge but I hope it’s something I can connect with a USBC cable wired and not have to use wireless/casting. Motorola has a great desktop mode but on the razor they limit it to Miracast instead of using USBC to HDMI.