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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 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours 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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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

All phones are PCs, this is just connecting external displays.

The shock is that it couldn't already.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It's more than just that, it's too slow a desktop OS like environment that's more suited for mouse and keyboard too. It's not just your phone screen on a bigger screen.

[–] quantumcrop@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

I guess the point is that phone hardware has been powerful enough to do it for a while. It's surprising that no big companies other than Samsung really put any effort into making it work software wise.