The new image output via USB-C has finally arrived on Pixel smartphones.
Google has introduced a new feature for Pixel devices that some users have been waiting for years and that has been available for a long time on Android devices from other manufacturers. You can now connect the Pixel device to a monitor via USB-C and output images and sound through it. But is that good enough?
We tried it with the Pixel 8a a day after the update was released. What is convincing is that you are asked immediately on the screen whether you want to start outputting the screen. It actually works when I connect a monitor or TV to my Pixel via USB-C.
Then you will see phone screen mirror on monitor. The connection is instant and fast. Unfortunately, the resolution isn’t particularly high, so text and graphic elements quickly appear distorted. I want the system to automatically run at a higher resolution for the external monitor.
There’s also an experimental desktop mode that can be forced through Android’s developer options. But it must be a bad joke. The full screen is then automatically used in widescreen, for example you can see all open tabs in Chrome, but then it closes again.
Conclusion: Quick fixes that don’t make it that far
If you have a reason to mirror your own Pixel phone screen to a larger monitor, the new solution works really well and, best of all, is very fast. It was simply overdue. But Google still needs to deliver beyond that, there’s a lot to do, especially in desktop mode, if you look at Samsung DeX, for example.
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