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Re:Android 16 Is Here by RamRodification on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @08:16AM (#44246817)
> a guess for the future. Android Desktop mode will improve and people will ditch Windows and instead plug their phone into a USB-C dock that connects it to keyboard, mouse and display

This seems like such a killer feature to me. And every time I watch a video of someone trying out DeX it seems to work so well.

Yet it never seems to take off. I don't understand why. What am I missing? App ecosystem not good enough for business use?

"This is the year of mobile-docking-replacing-workstations" has kind of become my "This is the year of Linux on the desktop.

Re:Android 16 Is Here by bombcar on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @03:06PM (#44250733)
Because Microsoft is the one who needs to do it - or maybe Apple.

Both have an ecosystem that operates in both worlds (though Microsoft keeps killing their phones and doesn't currently have one) - so they could do it.

It's obvious that the iPad could be a Mac now, there's no technical limitation. So the iPhone could be, too.