Connect your Pixel 8 or newer to an external monitor over USB-C, and you get a desktop interface to play around with. It's ...

How to turn your Pixel phone into a PC - with the new Android Desktop Mode ...

Android will soon ask if you want to enable Desktop Mode or mirror your screen when connecting to an external display. A new “don’t ask me again” checkbox allows the system to remember your preference ...

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When you hook your Android phone up to an external display, most apps don’t do anything special. However, certain apps, such as Google Slides, Drastic DS emulator, and Filmic Pro, have special ...

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Google’s work on an Android desktop mode continues with desktop windowing coming to external displays with an upcoming Android 16 QPR1 Beta. Desktop windowing was introduced in Android 15 QPR1 as a ...

It looks like Android 16 will add a feature that lets you screen record what you’re doing on an external monitor. This is an expansion of a current Android 15 feature that enables you to screenshot ...

Google is slowly adding new productivity and safety tools to the Pixel 8 series. First, the company rolled out the ability to use its flagship smartphone as a webcam for your laptop. Now, Google is ...

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Google's Pixel 8 and newer will receive a true desktop mode with the update to Android 16 QPR3 when connecting the device to ...