The Pixel 9’s hidden desktop mode is a glimpse of a future I want
Not everyone wants to lug around a laptop as their mobile computer. Laptops have never been as light or compact in 2025, but they’re still not as portable as a tablet. Which would be fine if tablet operating systems weren’t such a mixed bag. That leaves an increasingly strange set of options for anyone looking for something else. It’s really just DeX, the feature Samsung offers on some Galaxy devices, that lets you run Android apps in a windowed, desktop-style environment.
