Now, after months of being in beta, the Android 16 March Pixel Drop update brought Android Desktop Mode to the Pixel 8 and up ...

If you've been following the Android news lately, Google has begun full-throttle development of Aluminium OS, the platform that's expected to eventually replace ChromeOS and power upcoming Android PCs ...

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What if your smartphone could replace your laptop? With the introduction of Android 16’s desktop mode, the Pixel 9 Pro XL is making that vision a reality. Imagine plugging your phone into an external ...

While there are many great new features in the March Pixel Drop, I’ve been most excited about the new desktop interface. It’s super simple to get started with, transforming your Pixel phone into a PC ...

I test drove the new Android Desktop Mode with my Pixel, and it genuinely wowed me. More than a decade ago, Canonical was working on what it called “desktop convergence.” The idea was to combine a ...

We discovered that Android 15’s hidden desktop mode can actually run on-device on tablets. By tapping the new “desktop” button in the recents screen, you can send apps to the desktop mode launcher.