I've used DeX on and off on Samsung devices since my Tab S3 and Note 9 ... so a long time. DeX is pretty polished.
I have met zero other DeX users, but know a ton of people with devices that support it. I currently have two extra docks and have offered to set up friends with a DeX setup ... they don't want a computer or understand how their phone and a TV and keyboard become one.
So I don't know if this will eat anyone's lunch, because I thought DeX would have proven the market if it existed.
ebbi•2h ago
It could probably dent some of the players in the enterprise market, especially ones that are heavily in the Google workspace. Instead of giving everyone Macs, they may roll out these Google devices.
leakycap•2h ago
> Instead of giving everyone Macs, they may roll out these Google devices.
Wouldn't they give these people iPads?
Google devices have generally been expensive compared to the market, had abysmal hardware QA/QC, mediocre performance per dollar, and have been bricked by updates repeatedly. If they get updates at all.
iPads, on the other hand...
ebbi•2h ago
But they're partnering with Qualcomm, so I'd imagine they'll be using their latest ARM chips to try and compete with Macbooks. I think iPads have too much of a stigma now (not a 'real' 'computer'), and it may take a few years to break out of that for enterprises to take it seriously, whereas Google can start fresh in positioning this platform if they play it right - though that's a big ask coming from the company that has (lost count of how many!) chat platforms.
atmanactive•16m ago
In my experience, completely the opposite is true. All Apple devices were always built with inferior hardware specs but with a highly polished user experience. On the other end of the spectrum, Windows and Android was always a hit and miss experience, but if you get one on good hardware, it outperforms a similarly priced Apple devices on all fronts.
pseudocomposer•2h ago
Isn’t DeX a Samsung-specific thing? I don’t think that will ever compete with Windows. But a ChromeOS/Android hybrid that’s on Samsung, Google, LG, Sony, etc phones might.
leakycap•2h ago
The iPad experience on iOS 26 is so desktop-like that I don't think Google is trying to eat Microsoft's lunch with these plans
And I don't think they'll touch Apple's marketshare with iPad because Android on tablets has been treated so badly for so long the market is uneasy
leakycap•2h ago
I have met zero other DeX users, but know a ton of people with devices that support it. I currently have two extra docks and have offered to set up friends with a DeX setup ... they don't want a computer or understand how their phone and a TV and keyboard become one.
So I don't know if this will eat anyone's lunch, because I thought DeX would have proven the market if it existed.
ebbi•2h ago
leakycap•2h ago
Wouldn't they give these people iPads?
Google devices have generally been expensive compared to the market, had abysmal hardware QA/QC, mediocre performance per dollar, and have been bricked by updates repeatedly. If they get updates at all.
iPads, on the other hand...
ebbi•2h ago
atmanactive•16m ago
pseudocomposer•2h ago