• foggenbooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    1 year ago

    It’s ridiculous that Google has disabled this feature. Even if we assumr it’s in preparation for desktop mode, that’s still unacceptable. Mirroring is a perfectly valid feature in its own right and it shouldn’t be held back by Google’s “plans”.

    It’s crazy that my old Android phones from a decade ago could do this and the latest pixel cannot. We have been bleeding hardware features for years.

    • raptir@lemdro.idEnglish
      241·
      1 year ago

      It’s because they want to lock you into Chromecast compatible apps.

      • foggenbooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
        161·
        1 year ago

        The same reason they removed the SD card, to get you using Google Drive, and the headphone jack, to get you to buy pixel buds.

        I wish there were other options but most smartphone makers have dropped out of the game, cost a fortune, or have terrible updates.

        • raptir@lemdro.idEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yeah, I’m at a loss for my next phone. Maybe OnePlus if they stay decent.

  • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    In any case, display output works, and enabling it is as simple as running a shell command (after rooting the device):

    If the hardware actually has this capability, why lock it behind root, which practically disable display output feature for almost all users?

  • aluminium@lemmy.worldEnglish
    102·
    1 year ago

    Wait this is news? My Pixel 2 supported it years ago. Are you telling me that they disabled it the last few years… these bastards!

    • Welp_im_damned@lemdro.idEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      it never did. That was display link which isn’t proper display out. its literally a wired-up version of Chromecast.

  • ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chatEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I really hope this will let my AR glasses work. I was bummed they didn’t work with my Pixel 6 Pro, and half the reason I went for an 8 Pro were the initial display out support news from July.

    When this workaround was reported to not work, I was pretty bummed, but this seems like a good sign. I’ll be building my own ROM anyway, so I can easily set this property enabled by default with no need for root.