You Won't Believe What You Can Do On Android Tablets Now!

[@arvandvarahram]

Each time I see how "less far" Google is getting with their desktop modes and other advanced features, I become retrospectively confirmed that having gone with Samsung for years has been the right decision.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Honor Magic UI Desktop, Moto ReadyFor, even TCL had a more functional desktop mode for their first AR glasses. It's LONG past time to just bite the bullet and merge Android and ChromeOS.

[@NathanMilkie1]

​@@SomeGadgetGuyI agree 100%. I would absolutely love to see every app available on Android be natively compatible out-the-box with the latest version of ChromeOS.

[@bletwort2920]

Also you never know when Google's gonna axe their product.

[@Space97.]

Same lmao 🤣

[@hirschcola1]

Yes you are right, so my next phone will be an S24 plus or ultra. I had been a while with Samsung in the early years ( Note 2 etc ) but was sick about their upgrade politics, but today this last issue is fixed ( 7 years on S24 ) so there is now reason to stay longer with the pixels.

[@vijay_vasudevan]

I'm really glad this is coming to Android. I use a Chrome OS tablet (Lenovo Duet) and it has a lot of this functionality already. Thanks for sharing!

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

That's what I'll be curious to see. Can we FINALLY start bridging Android and ChromeOS. Like, there's no reason we couldnt run a proper Chrome browser from a phone when connected to another display.

[@FAT8893]

​@@SomeGadgetGuyEven ChromeOS is using Android kernel, so the possibility is there.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Baby steps. We're getting there. Slowly. But this is progress.

[@orangeyellow-me1pz]

​@@SomeGadgetGuy don't we already have apps like kiwi for a decent desktop chrome browser? I use that on my Pixel tablet or am I missing some other context here?

[@Kiahona]

​@@SomeGadgetGuymain thing I'm waiting for is crostini for android. Looks like it's coming in android 16

[@dicebeatsofficial2525]

Samsung Dex on the Samsung s8 is way more advanced than this. So I wonder why Google is taking so long

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Wanting to sell more chromebooks, but that's likely not as crucial as ChromeOS will start using Android kernels?

[@oliverodell3105]

Same with Huawei Desktop mode... that they don't even bother advertising 😂 Competition is good for everyone it seems :) I did like the menu pop up to drive the resizing through vs just expecting everyone to know the appropriate gesture. Kind of curious how long it will take for us to be able to just dual boot into windows ARM

[@robert_5974]

Not that they couldn't get it accomplished but it may have to do with all the different shapes and sizes of Android devices and it wasn't originally accounted for in material design. It's been there for a while in many brands so I wonder if they have to do it in a different way to avoid any already filed copyrights in several different markets. Like apple suing another company (maybe HTC) bc clicking a phone number in text opening the phone app automatically was the same as how they did it. It gets crazy with the laws sometimes.

[@Space97.]

Fr and thats a older device Samsung has improved dex a lot in the past 5 years it's so good and I love it I honestly can't go back to a phone without a desktop mode 😂

[@maciejzamoroka-klimaszewsk8507]

wow its like samsung dex but worse!

[@jarjarbinks8954]

Considering a lot of the older pixels also support USB 3, it'd be nice if google lifted this intentional lock unless it's on a hardware level which I don't think is the case.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Sadly, as much as we've been able to test, it is a hardware issue. There are ways around it with display port adapters, but the ease of "plug directly into a monitor and go" is only available on Pixel 8 and up.

[@user-iy6ko1bz4y]

I'm happy that it's happening but kinda annoyed that it took so long.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

That's the right vibe to have.

[@FAT8893]

Hopefully this can make its way to smartphone Desktop Mode. We have lapdocks with touch-supported screen, so there's no problem it can't be done.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

I'm hoping yeah. It would make a phone a LOT more valuable to a LOT of people around the world.

[@farishanafiah8461]

There's literally no reason why Android Desktop Mode, Android tablet, and ChromeOS all cannot be converged together. Not only it saves time in code development, it can also avoid fragmentation by creating separate UI and UX for different devices. Microsoft still got the right idea all along with Continuum for Windows 10 Mobile.

[@FAT8893]

@@farishanafiah8461 Google can go one step further by converging both Android and ChromeOS altogether. I still find it funny that Android never has GNU support, while the likes of Manjaro Phosh and PureOS can easily let you install any GNU Linux desktop sofware on phones and use it on secondary display through Desktop Mode.

[@guymontag5]

These improvements are going to make the Fold experience so much better, one of my biggest complaints with the fold is that the multitasking features suck compared to the ZFold. That being said, they really need to bring video out to the Fold too :(

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Sadly I think that might actually be a physical hardware limitation, not a software block. I'm not sure ANY Tensor 1 or 2 phone will get video out.

[@Pancicopong]

Fold ? U mean a prototype device ?

[@theeffinggamer9725]

Here is an idea that I think you should try with your Pixel 8. I have an LG G7 running on LineageOS and it does support video out. Desktop mode is broken on that phone just like on your Pixel device. But instead of using Forced Desktop Mode I am just mirroring the display and using SecondScreen app to fix the aspect ratio so that the black bars don't show up. Now I am using Taskbar app but I think if you mirror your screen, you won't need the taskbar app (as seen in the video that Android now has a solid taskbar for windowed apps). Now here is the interesting part, once the SecondScreen app changes the aspect ratio and orientation of the screen, Android assumes that you are using a tablet. So in theory, you will get the same interface on your phone and monitor screen as you get on your Pixel Tablet.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Interesting. I will give that a spin. THanks!

[@farishanafiah8461]

Would love to try it on phones that doesn't have custom Desktop Mode like Sony, OnePlus, and ROG Phone.

[@gaycat599]

Literally how do people NOT know about samsung dex? It's been around for YEARS and turns your mobile or tablet into practically a pc.

[@zacharyirizarry8589]

i use my galaxy tab s7 as a laptop because of dex

[@a1000island]

9:36 to get the tablet interface on your pixel or maybe any phone you must change the smallest width option in developer options to like 622 Don't forget what it was at first though because the screen is going to be tiny I recommend video out for this not just using your phones screen

[@xali2008]

None of the android browsers support multi profiles or containers, this is one of the biggest dealbreakers for me.

[@elsamuraiguapo]

Just use two similar browser apps then.

[@xali2008]

@@elsamuraiguapo using multiple browser is messy, you don't have tab and bookmarks sync and you waste storage.

[@augustomalone7708]

I'm waiting for the future where my phone would act as my "desktop"

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Killing me that we keep getting close, and then these companies back off.

[@abanoubshahid9829]

A very interesting update. I wish they would just bite the bullet and make it functional. We all know they could do it in one update and improve all of android. Basically just plug and play any device. Great video. Also out of curiosity why not Twitter? I can get socials fatigue (really). But your reach would definitely be greater there. All the best.

[@zckom]

Being a Samsung user, I am surprised by the excitement you have. Nonetheless, it is great to see some improvements to the stock Android.

[@ibelikeamy]

Mi pad 5 can dualboot windows 11 and android

[@gmosc]

I almost left the video without liking it, doh! (Note to self, always like Juan's videos!)

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

😊

[@TuPhonez4Free]

Yeah Samsung been doing pc on Android forever like everyone else here been saying bro.

[@wanaan]

Can you open 2 ppt at the same time? Unless you can have 2 screens of the same app, you cqn never use it for work.

[@EverydayTechSJB]

Hell yeah! It's about time!

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Right! Taking us forever to get here.

[@LaczPro]

Funny how my V60 and G8X can handle some of this functionality way better than Google, even when both phones are 4 and 5 years old at this point. Love the idea of desktop modes on phones. I would love that experience from Screen+ but on a OnePlus device (at the moment, I would love a OP12... But if it is for desktop mode, I'll go Motorola then with the Edge 50 Ultra), but if Google makes it available for their phones, I'll consider it

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

It's the BIG question for me. If this is an Android feature, and not just a pixel feature, it might make sense to stick with OP for the more powerful "computer".

[@IkesTechTalk]

Yea really hoping to see this come to phones. And would love the floating windows to make it to the Fold. It has more powerful hardware than the tablet and a pretty big dcreen for only doing 2 things with PiP and vhat bubbles.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

We keep getting close, and then we just never quite reach the goal.

[@a1000island]

I just use Dex on my s21 It's cool that Google is trying at least I change the smallest width on my pixel 8 to get that tablet like interface It's good when I'm checking emails, organizing files or using telegram. That's about it

[@davidallen2211]

Did they turn on video out in this update?

[@ItsOnlyMe360]

i have this idea that google could sell a "hollow laptop" that has battery, keyboard and screen, but the processing is made by docking your pixel phone on it, and it just become a regular Chromebook

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

We've been trying to work that idea since the moto atrix.

[@ItsOnlyMe360]

@@SomeGadgetGuy my mind was blown by this tech, i just discovered Lapdocks

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Kinda seems like tech more people would be interested in right? Shame that the biggest tech channels keep downplaying it...

[@anupmashukla]

Samsung had multi window for ages

[@dwj3005]

Does this work on amazon tablets.

[@gregorywilson2124]

Are most apps still stretched? The icons look too big.

[@matthews4159]

chromebook,,, Lenovo Duet 3 ,,, Tablet ,,, 10 years of support ,, Android 13 ,, Desktop chrome browser & Linux . and would you believe in tablet mode it can do all this and drive usb c monitors too

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

And yet soon chrome will become android.

[@nolliway]

Juan which Windows laptop is that?

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Oh that's a dock. Not a laptop. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jorVhomDqMiWkK8

[@ASB1401]

So... doe's this work on the "Folds"??

[@notebookextra]

What tablet do you use?

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

I'm REALLY liking this OnePlus, but the slate I reach for most would probably be the R&K.

[@TuPhonez4Free]

Razer Edge 5g can run Windows 😂

[@Aygross]

Yo my dying phone made a cameo for the screenshot lol

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

That battery gauge cracked me up. 😁

[@hirschcola1]

Hmmmm.... My Xiaomi Pad 6 does floating windows and monitor out by usb-c since i got it ! This is something special only for Pixel Users. 🤣 Only thing i realy wish to see is a real extended monitor insted of just mirroring it.

[@XeroHertz]

Really good to see this on a clean Android OS, Samsung bloat their tabs and phones with a much useful and flowless desktop features. This one however is like iPadOS.. Hopefully Google will nail it faster than Apple.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

We can hope. They've been dragging their heels on this FOREVER...

[@Space97.]

Please Samsung dex is the best desktop os hybrid you can get on a android smartphone/tablet to date 😂

[@elsamuraiguapo]

Gone are the days of touchwiz. Ever since OneUI samsung has been the go to for premium android phones and tablets. They also have a more cohesive ecosystem that is closest to Apple's.

[@Unan1mouz]

So... How do we minimize the windows then? And can we enable this feature on any Android devices? 😅 Wish Android 14 has this

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

That's the fun part! You DONT! You just NEVER minimize!

[@Unan1mouz]

@@SomeGadgetGuy LOL... I would like to be able to minimize and maximize my apps Juan 😐 Hope Google will make proper windows like the one on DEX.

[@bondjovi4595]

I dunno why they just don't have a removable m.2 sata like the Dell Venue.

[@pijesz]

I wish I could do this with my pixel slate.

[@MadMed12]

This has been on one ui since forever

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Neat. Samsung ≠ Android

[@TimothyCollins]

Ummm... Checking in from over here in the Samsung world. We;ve had that for years.

[@db9841]

Sooooo Google basically is working on their own Dex variant?

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

LOL as slowly as they POSSIBLY could...

[@philipperostin]

When google makes Samsung, but worse !

[@BrianGlaze]

Yes!! Also, Android is losing the plot by not making Desktop Mode amazing

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Long LONG past due for android to swallow up chromeos.

[@cubicgamer1225]

Meanwhile all the Samsung tablets and phones can and have been doing this for years so why is it still, beta for Google? I mean apple is always slow but google?

[@nordlyssrlys6945]

Samsung doing this since stone age tho

[@heroo2123]

Samsung dex ?

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Is not the native Android solution for alternate display output. Samsung ≠ Android

[@newtlab]

Samsung has been able to do this for 5 years already

[@AndrewYouTubehandle]

I waste so much money on many Android tablets. Meanwhile, the iPads I’ve bought are still in use several years later and with deeper integrated personalisation than I can get with my Android devices. Google really needs to up its game in this space, but from the track record this is an area that Google aren’t bothered about. A Google pixel 9 fold looks great but I’m not paying that much for a phone tablet.

[@KevinIsUltra]

The galaxy phones and tabs can already do this🤷

[@kmkzer0-999]

12345?....That's the same password i have on my luggage!

[@lopserdff]

I have a slow tablet and its Amazon 7 9th gen 😂

[@hikodzu]

carcinisation of android tablet and windows laptop

[@sunrocketz6489]

Everything Google does, Samsung does it better.

[@johnlv7060]

Doesnt mean anything. Game mobile suck still not have simple game decade on pc, app meh some even not support tablet there is a reson surface have high price

[@yuramayYEE]

People will still like iPad more for "better" software (its more limited than on iphone if im not wrong)

[@MobileDecay]

So nothing. Nice!