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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)
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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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[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I have a 9a running Graphene and with a "usb C laptop dock" I can use it in "desktop mode", but I would warn that it is still EXTREMELY buggy and finnicky.

Still neat though.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

You're probably not on the latest release then.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 1 points 14 minutes ago

Just got another update yesterday but not sure if there's any "desktop mode" changes in it. So far my complaint is "desktop mode" things I change/set do not carry over to my next "desktop mode" ?session?.

[–] greybeard@feddit.online 1 points 16 hours ago

I tried it a few weeks ago. It didn't feel particularly buggy, but it was pretty slow/sluggish. Not the apps themselves, but moving and resizing windows. Basic UI stuff. Just felt like it was still very much a WIP.