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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...

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.