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> why there isn’t a bigger push to innovate handheld devices for such use. Google Pixel is getting there with USB-c display output (Pixel 8+), Android 16 Termi
by walterbell 2y ago
> why there isn’t a bigger push to innovate handheld devices for such use.
Google Pixel is getting there with USB-c display output (Pixel 8+), Android 16 Terminal as native Linux VM [1] and Android replacing ChromeOS for phone-tablet-laptop convergence.
Apple shipped VM support in iOS 15 (!) and then removed it. iPadOS became VisionOS and Mac Mini became "iPad Pro without a screen". Upcoming we have the 2025 Smart Home panel (6" x 6" screen with voice AI), iPad-on-a-robot-arm and AR Glasses with VisionOS to compete with Meta Ray-Bans. That's 2 or more roadmap years of converting iPadOS to other markets, without advancing iPadOS itself.
If we're lucky, Android VMs will wake Apple's iPad team from hibernation.
[1] https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-linux-terminal-doom-3521804/ https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-linux-terminal-d...