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Motorola Mobility is currently focusing on a new desktop mode' experience for its smartphones in a move aimed at increasing usability for business users. That's according to an XDA post, which says that the brand owned by Lenovo is planning the upcoming functionality to be rolled out on at least some of its smartphones with the Android 11 update.
The functionality, which is likely to be identical to Samsung DeX, can also be seen in action as part of the Snapdragon 888 announcement in an official video posted yesterday in Qualcomm's press room. The name of the smartphone seen in the video has yet to be verified, but the article speculates that it may be the upcoming Motorola Nio (looks like Moto G 5G Plus) that will supposedly be powered by the Snapdragon 865 SoC and out-of-the-box running Android 11.
Motorola is evidently planning an even deeper convergence of Windows 10 PCs and Android smartphones in addition to the desktop mode. The company's Android 11 update, according to the article, will include an app called 'Mobile Desktop' that will allow users to connect their PC and phone using the 'Remote Desktop Access' feature on Windows 10 via USB or Wi-Fi.
Users may be able to exchange files between their Motorola phone and Windows PCs as part of the programme, and will also be able to open applications, mirror alerts, and perform other tasks that are planned around 2020 from remote links between Android devices and Windows 10 PCs. Apparently, though the integration is not as strong and as entrenched as Samsung DeX, but that could change going forward.
Motorola had recently carried out a 'desktop mode' experience with the Atrix 4G back in 2011, as XDA points out but the model was too far ahead of its time and never ever achieved the attention the company would have wished for. While the inadequate strength in ARM hardware and lack of polish in Android applications stopped the feature from gaining broader adoption back in the day it would be important to see if this time around it achieves more traction.
