Feb 15, 2022 15:30:00

Pixel with Android 13 can 'stream' Android apps to Windows 11 and Chromebooks

The developer preview version of 'Android 13' announced by Google includes two 'cross-device service apps' that Pixel uses to connect with other devices, and by using this app, Pixel It has been demonstrated that Android apps running on can be streamed to Chromebooks and PCs running Windows 11.

Pixel to stream Android apps to Chromebook / PC, here's how --9to5Google
https://9to5google.com/2022/02/14/exclusive-pixel-stream-android-apps-chromebook-pc-video/

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— Dylan Roussel (@evowizz) February 14, 2022

This was discovered by Android developer Dylan Roussel, who contributes articles to the news site 9to5Google.

At the consumer electronics trade fair CES2022 held in January 2022, Google has announced a number of measures to strengthen cooperation between devices. One of them is the enhancement of the function ' smartphone hub ' that links Chromebook and Android smartphones, and it was announced that 'the function to operate the chat application of Android devices from Chromebook' will be implemented by the end of 2022. rice field.

Google announces many enhancements of inter-device cooperation, expansion of 'Fast Pair' target devices, etc. --GIGAZINE

Roussel discovered two 'cross-device' service apps that seem to be related to device integration in the

preview version for Android 13 developers announced in February 2022. We did some research and found that this allows Android apps to be livestreamed on Chromebooks and PCs running Windows 11.

The following video is released on 9to5Google, and it seems that the Twitter application is 'streaming' on the Chromebook.

According to Roussel et al., This feature isn't just mirroring the screen of an Android device, it's creating and streaming a completely different virtual display, so it's unimpeded on the smartphone side. It is possible to continue another work.

Buttons for stopping streaming, changing the display size, etc. are arranged around the virtual display. Since it is a virtual display, it can be sized like a tablet as well as a portrait screen that imitates the Pixel screen.

In addition, this 'cross device streaming' function also worked on terminals with considerably suppressed specifications such as Lenovo's IdeaPad Duet Chromebook , and it also worked on Windows 11 terminals instead of Chrome OS. It was already quite built, and I got the impression that it was about to be officially released.

On the other hand, the only Android OS that can be used is 'Android 13'.