Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

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 ...

Google has been working on a new desktop mode for Android for a while, but it seems like it might work beyond just an external monitor, as new evidence suggests it could run directly on a tablet’s own ...

Google is changing the game for tablet web browsing. Chrome will now load websites in desktop mode by default, a move announced in a recent blog post. However, there’s a catch: only tablets boasting ...

As part of Google’s work to optimize its first-party apps for Android tablets and other large-screen devices, Chrome is defaulting to desktop mode. This replaces the mobile User-Agent that Chrome for ...

The new and improved desktop mode coming to Android 15 could run directly on a tablet — not just external monitors, as spotted by Android Authority. That makes it sound even more like Samsung’s DeX, ...

Chromebooks have evolved over the last decade, becoming real powerhouse machines for productivity. The best Chromebooks come in different form factors. They can come as regular computers, convertibles ...

Google has confirmed that the new desktop mode in Android 16 does not work on foldables, despite the fact it works on tablets. That doesn’t really make all that much sense, does it? This new desktop ...

In a nutshell: Google has been working to bring a "proper" desktop mode to Android for quite some time. The feature was first introduced in 2019 with Android 10, but it wasn't intended for end-users.

Samsung could be planning a redesign to its desktop mode, revealed in leaks coming from the One UI 8 beta. The shift in design could be to accommodate changes in Android 16’s own desktop mode. Samsung ...