Samsung DeX

“Incredible to not hold my computer around anymore. But Samsung... not open-source, buggy.”

“there are just enough pain points in day-to-day use to make it unviable for me”

“Running android in a DeX mode is fine, but its still android”

“I like the idea that if I was stuck in a car dealership or something for service”

“for doing stuff in a browser on a big screen and multitasking with some other apps”

“Samsung Dex is probably the best experience right now to just use them as a desktop display.”

“Means I functionally have a desktop computer with me all the time.”

“Samsung DeX is pretty good but I think they're phasing it out.”

“Android is way ahead of Mac with Android Desktop mode and Samsung Dex”

“my experience using it as desktop was absolutely atrocious”

“Dex which is much better then the current Android desktop mode”

“works great also with Samsung DEX if you want something more for basic multitasking”

“Plenty of people use it (like myself), but it's too niche of a use case for the masses.”

“These phones have Dex. I have multiple times in past used Samsung phones as my primary computer”

“it's not perfect, but it's miles beyond the "multitasking" iPads have offered.”

“What is useful about mobile apps designed for a small screen on a big screen?”

“It's amazingly useful, it's a bit like Microsoft's old convergence idea but it actually works.”

“you're limited to Android instead of Linux, MacOS etc.”

“Dex has shown this phone/computer ability in practice long before.”

“DeX with a lapdock will cover any mobile needs”

“One of the greatest things I miss from Samsung after some time with GrapheneOS is the dex.”

“Yeah even on an oldie S6 Lite is good enough.”

“Samsung did not forget, and did it right with DeX.”

“Got rid of my laptop completely.”

“is mature and works exceptionally well with applications that are supported”

“it is not some handicapped environment like iPad OS either, you can actually get real work done”

“They should make the desktop UI similar to what is there on ChromeOS or Samsung Dex.”

“Samsung DeX has existed for years and works as well as it has for ages.”

“Samsung DeX works great out of the box, no need to wait for Google here”

“it makes for a fine user experience”

“it's handy. Blowing up mobile apps to a larger screen and multitasking isn't ideal”

“It is good enough that a Samsung tablet has replaced my now dead netbook.”

“Samsung Dex still exists and still sucks. It's probably the best desktop experience available on Android but it's nowhere near usable as a daily driver.”

“samsung and motorola have fairly polished desktop frontends”

“Dex starts borrowing heavily from Stage Manager and loses some of its capabilities, it wouldn't surprise me”

“And then there's DeX -- at least on the Galaxies”

“Dex is mature but closed-source and Samsung-dependent.”

“It worked decently well, the main issues were unrelated to the handling in itself”

“Most never considered "desktop" as a use case, so their UI is terrible on a 27 inch screen”

“there is Samsung Dex that is quite competent already”