The fact that mobile phones are pocket computers are not a secret, Android, like iOS, offers their own experience, different from what we are used to on a Windows PC or Mac.
And on Android 16, this experience will be more complete. Google works to extend the possibilities of its operating system When we connect it to an external screen And we use it as if it were a PC, starting with the possibility of saving the second screen natively, something that until now was not possible.
Android 16 is more and more versatile if we use it on the desktop
The idea of providing office experience to Android is not new, and manufacturers such as Motorola and Samsung offer their own version: their devices are capable of “Transforming into PC” through native functions and tools. Google, meanwhile, has a similar function, a complete office mode in the style of Samsung Dex. We still don't know when this function will see, but in the meantime, Google continues to extend the native Android capacities as a computer.
We refer specifically to what the operating system can do if we connect it to external accessories, such as an external screen by HDMI connection. Mishaal Rahman and Android Authority have discovered a new function in the latest beta version of Android 16: Now it is possible to save the external screenAnd not just the mobile screen or the Android tablet.
Imagen: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority.
From Android 16 Beta 3, by connecting an external screen using HDMI and accessing the screen recording tool, three options appear: Save an application, save this screen (mobile) and save the HDMI screen. This last option was not available before, so from now on, if we use mobile as PC or next to a secondary screen, we will not be limited at the time of recording. The recorded video has Same format as when we save the mobile screen and is saved in the same directory.
The new function should reach all Android 16 users, but what is more important and interesting is that it is a new step towards the arrival of the complete and final desktop of Android, a tool that will offer us a better experience when connecting the mobile to an external screen, a keyboard and a mouse, similar to that of a computer.
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