With Pixel 8, Google may finally have an answer to Samsung DeX

[AC News]

The Pixel 8 will reportedly get desktop mode support, meaning Google finally has an answer to Samsung DeX.

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[CajunMoses]

For people who want to use apps for productivity, it's an intriguing idea that's never really caught on: plugging a phone into a USB hub to add a keyboard and large display, essentially transforming it into a portable desktop. And the reason is probably that you can't just go anywhere and find a USB hub, keyboard, and display already set up and waiting. DeX has a niche following. However, smaller Chromebooks with high-resolution touchscreens and Android apps have filled the void quite nicely. And PWAs are making the same apps available to Chromebooks even w/o running Android. The more tablet-friendly apps become, the more Chromebook friendly they become. Chromebooks now come with a Phone Hub that automatically connects to the phone via Bluetooth. Longer term, that seems to be a more natural way of maintaining transparent access to phone files and communications while working at a desktop.

 

[cacarr]

" ... from which all Android-based OSes are derived from."

You don't need both of those "from" prepositions. Pick one.

 

[Chrisdroid1]

For people who want to use apps for productivity, it's an intriguing idea that's never really caught on: plugging a phone into a USB hub to add a keyboard and large display, essentially transforming it into a portable desktop. And the reason is probably that you can't just go anywhere and find a USB hub, keyboard, and display already set up and waiting. DeX has a niche following. However, smaller Chromebooks with high-resolution touchscreens and Android apps have filled the void quite nicely. And PWAs are making the same apps available to Chromebooks even w/o running Android. The more tablet-friendly apps become, the more Chromebook friendly they become. Chromebooks now come with a Phone Hub that automatically connects to the phone via Bluetooth. Longer term, that seems to be a more natural way of maintaining transparent access to phone files and communications while working at a desktop.

I disagree. As a hybrid worker who mostly uses web-based apps, when Microsoft released Windows Continuum on Windows Mobile for their Lumia devices, it seemed like there was finally a better alternative to lugging around my laptop or tablet to/from work. Unfortunately, Microsoft shed Nokia and cancelled all of the mobile-first innovations it was working on for Windows 10. Right now, we still need to lug our equipment and jack into our hubs at the office. If I had a choice between carrying a smartphone, which I always have on me BTW, versus carrying a more cumbersome tablet or laptop, I would pick the smartphone any day. Let’s hope this becomes mainstream unlike the Motorola and Samsung alternatives. It would be great if Apple follows suit but that would hurt their bottom line of selling you as many of their gadgets as possible even though they all run the same OS on the same hardware now…