Bigger canvases for Android apps Since I first tried Samsung's desktop-style Android interface, DeX, I've thought off and on about the idea of the smartphone as a primary computing device.

In the future, your Android phone may replace your PC - here's how that reality is quickly taking shape.

It’s like a more flexible, versatile, and powerful version of Android’s standard split-screen mode — a desktop-caliber way to ...

Android devices can do a lot of stuff, including remote connecting to your computer. Here are the best remote desktop apps for Android!

Lilbits: Desktop Linux apps on Android phones, Xbox PC gaming on ARM-based computers, and a cheaper Kindle color ...

During its developer keynote at I/O 2025, Google briefly showed off a new desktop mode for Android 16 that is built in collaboration with Samsung.

Back at Google I/O, Google announced that it was indeed making a desktop mode or desktop windowing feature for Android 16 that would allow you to connect a phone to a display and get a desktop ...

Google is actively developing a desktop mode for Android, seen as a competitor to Samsung DeX. A setting for the mode was found in Android 16 Beta 3's developer options; although not functional ...

Android 16 is introducing a minimize button that lets you hide apps in desktop windowing mode. Here's how it works.

A desktop-class Chrome browser seems inevitable and could address the shortcomings of large screen Android apps. All that is fine, and I think there’s a strong case to consolidate engineering ...

An Android phone may soon take the place of a traditional PC — here’s how that is taking shape.