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Android 16 is here (blog.google)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Nothing really useful. What I would like to see is better battery life and truly Open Source Android which can be easily degoogled and customized and works on many different devices. An entire ecosystem of Android mods, like me have for Linux. Yeah, that would be nice.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I heard they are adding a desktop mode to android 16, curious if it would be possible to use phone and have a similar experience to an actual PC by connecting monitor and mouse/keyboard, well just using a browser, at the very least.

EDIT: found it

Future updates will also bring even more productivity enhancements to Android, allowing you to connect tablets and phones to an external display for an expanded desktop experience

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I connected android phone to external monitor using USB-C like a year ago. I'm not sure what's new here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Was it a Samsung phone? They've had Dex for some time but it was a Samsung specific feature as far as I know.

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