First Look at Google’s Unfinished DeX-Like Desktop Mode for Android

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Lemmy

My Motorola Edge+ 2023 has desktop mode when connected to an external display.
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.

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