• ExLisperA
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    3 days ago

    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.

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      3 days ago

      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

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        3 days ago

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

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        3 days ago

        I’m talking about an ecosystem and you listed one mod. I use graphene OS, it’s great overall but I would like to have a choice. Maybe I don’t want to use a Pixel phone? Maybe I want different set of features?

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          I also use LineageOS, which also comes sans Google as a flavour, but it’s far less secure and much rougher about the edges than GrapheneOS. I choose hardware by alternative OS support. If you want a new tablet the only option is Pixel.