It looks like Win 11 with notification bar at top. Good job Google. Trully a revolutionary design, just like Android 4. /s
Android’s desktop interface leaks
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#332Essentially a clone of Windows 11, and those screenshots make me realise just how much I hate the rounded corners, borderless vagueness, and excess padding of "modern" UI. For contrast, this UI is more my style: https://serenityos.org/screenshot-b36968c.png
Tell me you're nostalgic for Win95 without telling me...
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#333This looks like it will help a lot of students and families who are on a budget. If you can just plug your phone into a screen you do not need to buy a separate laptop anymore. The browser extensions are the most important part because that is what makes a computer useful. I am glad to see they are thinking about this.
> This looks like it will help a lot of students and families who are on a budget.
Playing gameas or what ? Working with files on Android is a PITA.
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#334Earlier quoted context omitted.
USB-C is only a connector/socket - a device having a USB-C socket does not guarantee much beyond being able to plug a USB-C connector into it. Some USB-C devices only use the port for charging for example. Others might only support USB 2.0. Getting a display out from something with USB-C socket needs the device to support something called DP Alt Mode. Note that cables matter too - you can have a DP alt mode enabled m…
It is understandable that every cable doesn't have to and shouldn't support every feature. USB cables would be insaney overpriced in that case. For simple charging you don't need a high speed 40gbps cable that can connect an external GPU. To mitigate the confusion, all simple charging cables should be universally labeled as such and all high speed cables should also have some markings that indicate the maximum speed…
> all simple charging cables should be universally labeled as such
labeling hurts profits.
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#335Cookie banner doesn't have reject-all button Isn't that against the rules nowadays?
The rule based world order is over. /s
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#336Earlier quoted context omitted.
According to Google's help site, no Pixel has a desktop mode (like you can find at Motorola, Samsung and others). The latest Pixel models have DisplayPort, but their operating system only provides screen mirroring or app window mirroring on an external monitor. Unlike Pixel, the phones with a true desktop mode can display multiple windows on the monitor, and presumably they can have a selectable resolution for the mo…
> operating system only provides screen mirroring or app window mirroring on an external monitor That's not true. It's probably written that way, because this is still an experimental feature so it is indeed not "supported", but it does work, you just have to toggle a few settings inside developer options. And in this desktop mode it could make use of my 2k desktop screen, though it is quite buggy (it is a pixel 8 de…
Good to know, but the fact that the knowledge about the possibility of connecting an external monitor is very well hidden on the Google site and the existence of a true desktop mode is even better hidden from any potential Google customers, does not inspire confidence.
From this state of affairs I cannot be sure that if I bought a Google Pixel it would really be usable with a monitor, as such hidden features could be removed at any time.
Other smartphone vendors clearly specify for their phones whether e.g. they support DisplayPort 1.4, so that they can use a monitor at a decent resolution, and whether they have a desktop mode.
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#337Earlier quoted context omitted.
The moto g100 is a good example of a midrange phone with decent specs, including video output. It launched at $400, and can be bought for around $200 these days. It has a Snapdragon 870, 8gb RAM, 128gb storage, a microSD slot, headphones jack, and a big enough battery to last 2 days. It's a little chunky, and it's not waterproof, but beyond that it's just about everything I ever wanted in a phone. Motorola, of course…
How did they abandon it? It release october last year according to google. >but beyond that it's just about everything I ever wanted in a phone. I get that, but none of this answers my question of why people should use that to a TV, instead of a PC, other than to flex? It really isn't more practical, nor saving you money and you're still limited to the apps of android ecosystem rather than the windows/linux one.
> How did they abandon it? It release october last year according to google.
Oh, geez, I didn't realize they abandoned it so hard they even recycled the name! I was referring to the 2021 g100: https://m.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g100-10791.php - it looks like the 2025 recycle lacks video output :/ https://m.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g100_5g_(china)-14228.p...
As for why anyone should do it, I'm not really arguing that anyone should. I was just trying to point out that it's more affordable than you might think. (Although it can't beat the deal you got on your laptop.)
I think it might make sense if you already have a laptop dock with a screen and a keyboard at home and at school/work, and your needs were fairly lightweight, and you really valued portability. Or as you suggested, it could just serve as a backup device in case your main laptop gets broken or whatever.
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#338I enjoy cool features like this, but as usual, I'm wary of the consequences. Android is becoming more and more locked down like iOS. Even if it weren't, it's still always been more locked down than a standard desktop or laptop machine running an operating system of the user's choice. With the advent of smartphones and tablets, already I see non- and semi-technical users often dropping their laptop or desktop and just…
I have mixed feelings as well. The security model of Android and iOS is vastly superior, and for "normal" users it is not so much of a problem if they don't have control they neither need nor want. On the other hand, I obviously don't like it when I don't have control over my hardware. But what I hate the most is when the manufacturers prevent me from installing an alternative OS. I like being able to install somethi…
> The security model of Android and iOS is vastly superior
"This app requires access to all your files. OK [X] Close []"
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#339I don't want a "PC future" where you can't just install software without OS vendor blessing.
Same, but my PC runs on Linux so I don't feel threatened. I feel like at some point normies may end up just using iPadOS or Android as a "convergent" device: a tablet/phone that they can plug into a docking station and use as a computer. I am sort of hoping that it will work with something like GrapheneOS, so that I will be able to benefit from it on my phone.
> I am sort of hoping that it will work with something like GrapheneOS, so that I will be able to benefit from it on my phone.
It does. I already tried it on my Pixel 10 Pro. :)
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#340Tried the desktop mode on my Pixel 8 running GrapheneOS. It's getting very close to being usable.