You can plug recent Pixel phones into a monitor to get a desktop-style interface.

Android 16 is finally here, but unfortunately, some of the best features are still on the horizon. One upcoming tool that I’ve been keeping a particularly close eye on is Android 16’s Desktop Mode, ...

I test drove the new Android Desktop Mode with my Pixel, and it genuinely wowed me. More than a decade ago, Canonical was working on what it called “desktop convergence.” The idea was to combine a ...

While there are many great new features in the March Pixel Drop, I’ve been most excited about the new desktop interface. It’s super simple to get started with, transforming your Pixel phone into a PC ...

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If you've been following the Android news lately, Google has begun full-throttle development of Aluminium OS, the platform that's expected to eventually replace ChromeOS and power upcoming Android PCs ...

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Google’s mobile operating system comes with a hidden desktop mode that opens on an external screen, mimicking what you would get from a computing interface. However, it is buried within the developer ...

Your phone is already one of the most powerful computers you own, so why can't you use it like one? You can. Google has offered a bare-bones version of Desktop Mode ...