FWIW, I think they finally allowed this from the pixel 8 onwards. (I'm holding a pixel 8, however oddly, I've never tried this).
Re:M5 MacBook Pro
by StopDisinfo910 on Friday October 17, 2025 @04:05AM
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> Not really. Google, in fact, very opposes that convergence because it will hurt ChromeBook and chomecast sales.
They oppose convergence so much that they have just added a desktop environment when Android is plugged to a screen and a way to run Linux app with GPU acceleration.
Also Pixels natively support HDMI through usb-c and have done so for years.
> I’m seriously considering only using a phone as my personal computing device now that Android takes convergence semi seriously.
Not really. Google, in fact, very opposes that convergence because it will hurt ChromeBook and chomecast sales.
Pretty much any android today and even Nexus phones let you go from usb-c to HDMI, but not Pixels. Because that's what chromecast is for.