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jasonbayton
Level 4.0: Ice Cream Sandwich
4 months ago

[Day 5] Community festival: Looking ahead - What could be next for Android?

Next year will mark 20 years since Google’s acquisition of Android Inc., arguably one of the most transformative decisions of the modern era for the development of mobile and enterprise mobility. Wit...
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Alex_Muc
Level 2.3: Gingerbread
4 months ago

I would like to see a native desktop mode on Android that is comparable to Samsung DeX. 😄

Smartphones are very suitable for a one-device strategy in some fields of work. A desktop mode with Multi Window significantly improves working with a single device. For example, field staff can use a smartphone to collect data outside the office and then work on it later at a workplace with good peripherals.

Even if DeX is a really good solution, you are tied to one OEM. In addition, DeX is generally only possible on a few device models due to hardware limitations.

 

I am interested to see how AVF will develop.

I had to think about “Linux on DeX” for a moment. With the Galaxy S8, you could install an Ubuntu Linux on the smartphone with Android 9 and start it via DeX. However, this idea was ditched with Android 10.

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    jasonbayton
    Level 4.0: Ice Cream Sandwich
    4 months ago

    Linux on DeX was awesome and I enjoyed every fleeting moment of it. It was probably ahead of it's time. 

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    Moombas
    Level 4.1: Jelly Bean
    4 months ago

    Yeah, would really like to have a desktop view available to be able to work on it like on a PC. Even in private where I don't like laptops and for e.g. my wife likes her tablet and would be nice to get rid of her PC as she could do everything on it with comfort. And on work similar as staff could work with the device they carry comfortable in the office as well instead of having a seperate PC.