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> only Samsung doing custom stuff like DeX, Motorola has phones that do the same and without a proprietary dock.
by kevin_thibedeau 3y ago
> only Samsung doing custom stuff like DeX,
Motorola has phones that do the same and without a proprietary dock.
- dotnet00 3y agoYou don't need a dock, proprietary or not for DeX on the tab at least, it's just a button there, and I've been able to just use a regular old random dock for external display, external keyboard etc. Haven't tried with phone though.
- kevin_thibedeau 3y agoBut you need a computer to receive Miracast for you. Motorola just has a DP video output to a dumb screen.
- ThatPlayer 3y agoSamsung's works with DP over USB-C video output too. A computer to receive is just an additional option.
- diffeomorphism 3y agoNo? I have an older s7+ and it has a standard usb c port and you can just connect any screen. Nothing proprietary or complicated.
- jlund-molfese 3y agoHuawei too! Just plug your phone into your TV. But behind the scenes it’s built on AOSP code (assuming DeX and Motorola are the same)
- jlokier 3y agoNo dock required. With Samsung DeX you just need a cheap USB-C to HDMI cable. Plug the phone into the monitor and you can switch to desktop mode. It only works on Samsung models that have USB-C video though. My mid-range Samsung phone doesn't have either feature.
- LoganDark 3y agoYou can do this on completely stock Android, Android already supports multi-window completely natively if you enable it in the debugging options and use a launcher such as Sentio Desktop. Though I used to use this on phones with a dedicated micro-HDMI port so I'm not sure if just any phone can be hooked up to an external display (maybe most of the ones with USB-C?) but it's definitely not OEM-specific.