Google Pixels don't appear to have the ability to do USB-C HDMI output. It's unclear if it's a hardware limitation, a feature that needs to simply be toggled, and/or lack of support in AOSP. No one has researched and experimented with it. For now, you will need to utilise something like DisplayLink. See https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/2865484?hl=en

    [deleted] likely to encourage uptake of the Chromecast product range. Not much use for it if you can just plug it into your TV.

      This would indeed be a great thing to see. That, coupled with a proper desktop mode (which seems to be slowly getting developed) would make GrapheneOS very daily drivable as a laptop replacement for office work.

      Ultimately, it's up to Google to properly support this. It seems out of scope for GrapheneOS, despite the fact that it would be a great feature to implement.

      I'm having a hard time believing google would officially support a desktop mode. It would cannibalize Chromebook sales.

      Hope I'm wrong 🤣

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      game4hr It's not known if that's because the hardware doesn't support it or because it is an artificial limitation

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        Entirely possible they disabled it because people were plugging it in and because lack of support it caused issues. No one knows until they start doing some testing and trial and error but no one's doing that and are just focusing on theories. Would be a lot more helpful and beneficial for people to start doing trial and error and experimentation instead of coming up with things like "Google just wants to sell Chromebooks" or whatever kind of weird stuff.

        2 months later

        flawedworld - I would like to experiment with this mode in developer options. I am looking into picking up a HDMI to C cable. Would my P6 Pro support a cable that uses 'DP Alt Mode'? Any advice is appreciated since I don't want to buy a cable if it's unsupported.

          2 months later

          Would it be possible for the GOS devs to remove that kernel restriction to test this? Most of us don't have the worked out routine environment to do this without a major hassle.

          10 months later

          chock-a-block From what I understand, it's far more limited than Samsung DEX. I believe that option allows you to only mirror the phone screen to another screen.

            Use scrcpy, vysor, anlink, or airdroid

            a month later

            As far as I can tell, Google did not announce a desktop mode with Pixel 8. Does anyone know if there is any further evidence of this feature in Android 14?