What are your thoughts on desktop environments available through USB-C on mobile devices?
What are your thoughts on desktop environments available through USB-C on mobile devices?
Samsung phones have DeX widely available across their flagship devices, allowing users to plug their phones into a screen, connect a mouse and keyboard, and work as if it was a laptop or desktop PC.
Do you find features like this fitting into your workflow? How would you feel about a Google equivalent?
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I used a Samsung device with DeX and a lapdock as my sole PC for a year. It was...challenging. I expect that a first generation "desktop experience" on Android from Google would have issues, too.
I also have big concerns about Google's invasive new ad platform which monitors your browser history to serve you ads, and how integrated it also seems to be to apps which use Chrome on Android.
All that said, I'd probably still be all-in for a Pixel that becomes a ChromeOS device when plugged into a monitor.
Pixel with a Dex-like environment could be amazing since it would likely mean GrapheneOS would get the features too and therefore be private.