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Your Pixel can now double up as a full Android PC with nothing more than a USB-C cable (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by snowdriftissue@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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This has been hidden in developer options for a while now, but they're now releasing it officially. Limited to Pixel 8 and newer devices and no 4k yet.

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[–] mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

For some reason, I thought this was already possible and it was something I was jealous of as an iPhone user.

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

it was, just in an early state under the developer settings

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And a monitor that supports usb-c, I assume.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 child)

DisplayLink. The Dell box I use to hotdesk my office laptop by day also works as a KVM on my pixel 9a. I get power, monitor, keyboard, mouse and ethernet on one cable.

It's good for watching movies.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Do you mean DisplayPort?

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[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I love this! Wish iPhone would have this feature.

If so, I could do all my work with just my iPhone.

I have a 15, and will hold out on a new iPhone for at least 4-5 years. I may go longer if there is not a desktop mode by then though.

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

I've been waiting for this for a while. Is it really "stable" though? There's very limited info on this but what little there is seems to suggest it's not ready.

[–] JTode@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago

In other news, Windows has Linux built-in now, so you don't need to ever install it yourself!

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