snowdriftissueMar 4

https://www.androidauthority.com/desktop-mode-march-pixel-drop-3646069/

https://lemmy.world/post/43840125

Your Pixel can now double up as a full Android PC with nothing more than a USB-C cable - Lemmy.World

This has been hidden in developer options for a while now, but they’re now releasing it officially

Show threadFetusMar 4
So sort of like the Continuum mode that Windows Phones had, like, ten years ago?
Show threadYaky
Like desktop mode on Librem5 in 2020, convergence on PinePhone from 2021, or Samsung Dex from a few years ago, too.
Mar 4 at 12:44pmWeb
Show threadcabbageMar 4
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.
Ubuntu Touch 24.04 Noble Beta | Fairphone 4 on External Display

YouTube
Show threadJustEnoughDucksMar 5
Sadly it won’t work on fairphone 6 because it only has USB 2.0 and there isn’t enough bandwidth.
Show threadUlrichMar 4
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.
Show threadYakyMar 4
Wiki says the model is from 2011, and all that functionality was implemented on Android 2.3.x, impressive! Google is only 14 versions behind.