alex Some more things to consider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaCH-FidWOo (Chrome OS vs. Samsung DeX: Which Is Better For You? - from Chrome Unboxed)
Galt007 I'm having a hard time believing google would officially support a desktop mode. It would cannibalize Chromebook sales. Hope I'm wrong 🤣
flawedworld GrapheneOS has the experimental desktop mode exposed in Developer Options and it will be improved upon in Android 13.
moogway 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.
game4hr Google apparently disabled the Pixel 4's DisplayPort Alt Mode over USB-C right in the kernel source code https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/msm/+/184170bea097dec34b9871fc724dcac9b5989427%5E%21/#F0
flawedworld game4hr It's not known if that's because the hardware doesn't support it or because it is an artificial limitation
free23 game4hr please take a moment to create an account over at GitHub and add a comment to the issue, the more people that comment the quicker it will get traction 👍 https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/1648
[deleted] 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.
mehlot 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.
treequell 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.
N1b The Pixel 8 series might come with a desktop mode. If that is true and GOS supports it as well, this would be an easy sell for me.
chock-a-block 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?