Google is building its own DeX: First look at Android's Desktop Mode

>>logic_+(OP)
Taking better advantage of a display is nice but imo the really exciting part of desktop mode is the planned integration with Google's Linux Terminal app (i.e. 1st party linux VM support). I have a Samsung DeX device and while you can get a basic dev environment working easily it can be really cumbersome to make it comfortable to use and integrate with your normal tablet workflow. Being able to install full-fat linux apps and run them in a window would be a complete game changer.

source for planned integration: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/392521081?utm_source=...

>>enrage+O4
When I tried the external display mode on my Pixel 8a, I did some development with a bluetooth keyboard, bluetooth trackball and vscode tunneling into my desktop.

So the development wasn't local, but it was sort-of usable. (And the editing is local in any case.)

>>eru+7L1
What do you mean by tunneling here; remote desktop or does vscode run on the 8a?

>>apitma+pQ2
VSCode runs in Chrome on the Pixel 8a. But it connects to a remote VSCode server via a VSCode tunnel where eg your compiler runs. See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/tunnels

>>eru+4z4
I had no idea the vscode tunneling stuff worked in the browser. I thought it was SSH. Do they have some sort of WebSocket proxy? Do you have a link to how to set this up?

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