How to turn your Pixel phone into a PC - with the new Android Desktop Mode ...

iPhone is ready for proper desktop use, iOS isn’t.

Pixel Desktop Mode and Samsung DeX run standard Android apps on an external display, but what are the differences, and which one is best?

Connect your Pixel 8 or newer to an external monitor over USB-C, and you get a desktop interface to play around with. It's ...

The March 2026 Pixel Drop from Google is here with some new (some improved) features for Pixel devices, especially ones newer ...

Google just brought a full desktop experience to Android tablets, and I've been testing it to see how well it works. Here are ...

As part of its latest free Android software update, Google has given all Pixel phones released since the Pixel 8 a new ...

To use desktop mode, users will need to connect their phone to an external display, most likely through a USB-C cable. However, the report doesn’t rule out wireless connections in the future. Samsung ...

Why it matters: Samsung customers have long used DeX to run their phones in desktop mode. Google is reportedly developing a similar feature for the Pixel line, which may debut with Android 16 or 17.

With Android heading to laptops this year, Google is ramping up its developer support for Desktop Mode in the mobile OS with new Desktop Experience guidance and an extensive Android design gallery.

Google will introduce a new desktop mode on Android 16. Thanks to Samsung, this feature will attempt to compete with its own DeX experience, letting users run apps on resizable windows, with a taskbar ...

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