I've used Android desktop mode for years, and the Googlebook may fix my biggest complaint

The missing desktop feature may finally arrive ...
Geeky Gadgets

Android 16 Desktop Mode on Pixel 9 Pro XL is Awesome

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 ...
Android Authority

Android 16's Desktop Mode transforms your Pixel phone into a PC, and here's how you can try it now

Google is developing a DeX-like desktop mode for Android phones, and you can try it out now on supported Pixel devices with Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2. This feature projects a desktop-like environment ...

Android desktop mode almost made me throw away my laptop, but these annoying issues held me back

Desktop Mode has the basics, but it feels like it is in beta ...
Android Authority

Why Android 16's Desktop Mode is the perfect successor to ChromeOS

News that ChromeOS will be merging with Android is music to my ears. Not because I want ChromeOS to disappear — I have many fond memories traveling across the US with my Chromebook in tow — but ...
Android

Android Desktop Makes Gemini a Persistent Tool for Instant Summoning

Google is making Gemini a big part of the next version of the Android desktop interface (Aluminum OS). The most recent beta shows a status bar icon that stays in the top-right corner and a keyboard ...

What is Aluminium OS? What we know about Google's Android desktop operating system.

Now, Google is moving to unify ChromeOS and Android into a single desktop platform, currently operating under the codename "Aluminium OS." (Or, depending on who you ask, Aluminum OS.) As far as we ...
Android Police

I thought Android Desktop Mode was a gimmick until these life-saving tips changed how I work

Jade Bryan is a Feature Author at Android Police with over a decade of tech reviews and news reporting experience, stretching back to the Symbian era and the early days of Android. He covers the ...
techtimes

Android 16 Brings Desktop Mode to Tablets, But Foldables Get Left Behind

Google will introduce a new desktop mode on Android 16. Thanks to Samsung, this feature will attempt to compete with its own DeX experience, letting users run apps on resizable windows, with a taskbar ...
9to5google

Google says more on desktop Android, Qualcomm ‘incredibly excited’

At Snapdragon Summit 2025, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon had an on-stage conversation with Google’s Rick Osterloh. The SVP of Platforms & Devices had more comments about desktop Android, with Qualcomm ...
Android Police

Google will make Gemini easier to access in Android's upcoming desktop interface

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...
Network World

The Linux desktop-a-week review: Android as a desktop environment

Last week, I reviewed ChromeOS from a desktop environment perspective as part of my “Linux Desktop-a-Week” series (which, really, has become less of a weekly thing and more of a ...