Blaze@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 months agoI want my smart Android TV to be dumb againwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1341arrow-down15
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minus-squarevxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoYou don’t even need a laptop for all of this, you can use your phone. I stream games with it all the time.
minus-squareTeppichbrand@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoMy phone doesn’t have HDMI, I don’t know how to share the screen with my TV. Plus I have an USB drive with a lot of movies attached to the computer.
minus-squarevxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 months agoYou can plug one of these things into the USB-C port of your phone and it basically turns it into a little PC. Edit: My phone is old and was cheap, so I use an active USB-C to Hdmi converter.
minus-squareTeppichbrand@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoThis looks like it costs more than my old laptop, which I saved from becoming e-waste. But I tend to forget we’re already living in the future and hubs like this exists. So, thanks for reminding me, I’ll look into it. :)
You don’t even need a laptop for all of this, you can use your phone.
I stream games with it all the time.
My phone doesn’t have HDMI, I don’t know how to share the screen with my TV. Plus I have an USB drive with a lot of movies attached to the computer.
You can plug one of these things into the USB-C port of your phone and it basically turns it into a little PC.
Edit: My phone is old and was cheap, so I use an active USB-C to Hdmi converter.
This looks like it costs more than my old laptop, which I saved from becoming e-waste. But I tend to forget we’re already living in the future and hubs like this exists. So, thanks for reminding me, I’ll look into it. :)