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by solardev 298 days ago
Don't most Samsung phones and tablets already do this? Dex or something?
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yeah, but Dex lets you use your android apps with desktop ergonomics. PinePhone and Librem let you use your desktop apps with mobile ergonomics.
It's not most phones, just the high end ones, Galaxy S series, Galaxy Z Fold Series, Tab S series and the A90 phone.
Huawei as well. Used to have a P30 Pro. It felt like a true downgrade when I bought a Pixel 8 Pro two years ago and it had no desktop mode and a worse camera to boot.
Tbf huawei got heavy subsidies and just wanted marker share, google actually tried to make a profit.
I always read here that China gives subsidies to everyone, they must be rich to afford it.
Android 16 (coming to Pixel 8 series if it's not there already) supports this.