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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 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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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[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I am confused.

In developer options in basic android you can simply enable the feature right?

My old Sony xperia 5 ii can do that and it definitely isn't a Sony feature...

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

There's hardware required to shunt the display out the USB port and since it's not a super in demand feature they usually don't implement it. As such the software for looking nice while doing it isn't as developed.

But yes, it's been in developer settings for years, and was usable if your hardware supported it.