I'm doing it right now on a Samsung S20 FE I swiped on Ebay for 100 bucks, and I've gotta say, for the average user, and even for some prosumers (i hate that term) this is all you need. I can game using emulators, I can edit videos using a mouse and keyboard with Adobe Rush, both the front facing and rear facing cameras are 4K, and the desktop experience is very nice. All in all, to get the full samsung dex experience, I spent about 200 dollars. I implore anyone to find a computer with multiple 4K camera, 6-8 GB of ram, something equivalent to a Snapdragon 865 and an Adreno 650, all for just south of 200 bucks. As someone who has spent most of his life on frankly overpowered gaming computers, I think Samsung Dex is a real option for anybody in that average to pro consumer range and doesn't want to break the bank.
I am not much of a "DEXPERT" as you are, but I thank you for making such detailed user experience videos so I can suggest these options to my friends (by also sharing your videos of course). Dropped a like as you asked. Very informative video, thanks! :)
@@MitchellMillennial, Not yet. I personally don't like the Samsung phones because of many reasons. I definitely need to upgrade my phone. It's not yet come to a point where its a must to change my device right now.
It's the sites not building them to web standards, not necessarily Firefox fault but as a user I can see why they can expect Firefox to work as well as Blink/WebKit based browsers.
I have 2 LG 27" 4K monitors and one Uperfect 15.6" 4K monitor on my desk and I use one of the LG monitors with DeX daily for work as my workplace allows personal device MDM enrollment for only iOS and Android and I've found since converting to full-time remote work, that having a backup device is indispensible. Sometimes the VPN on my work laptop goes awry or I experience some other issue because it's old and slow. Being able to use Windows and DeX side-by-side and to seamlessly switch to using DeX for work email, Teams chat, Zoom calls, etc. is so useful and because my devices are 4G/5G enabled, I can even lose my home internet connection and keep working without having to turn on hotspot. Before the pandemic, DeX was just something I used occasionally but now it has become a lifeline I don't want to give up. I agree with your assessmemt of browsers. I'm required to use Edge in my work profile, but I also use the Samsung browser and Edge Canary for all of my non-work DeX browsing neds. I used to use Kiwi, but Edge has replaced it for me. I have Firefox installed but find it most useful for traditional mobile use, not DeX. I now also have a Motorola Ready For device and the browser experience holds true there as well. DeXperts arise! :-)
I wrote this message was to Mitchell, but maybe you can share your experience as well. For how long are you using this setup? I can imagine that your phone is charging most of the time while connected to it (and that the monitor itself is connected to power via USB). In your opinion. Is Samsung S20 FE enough to run 4K and do basic things (or perhaps play some games)? I gave 2k on it, so I'm wondering about 4k vs fullHD (can't fins 2k OLED sadly). * also additionally - what about Dex and higher resolutions? Can you even project them or are you limited to fullhd by Dex itself like many others?
@@jonintrovertedpotato3866 DeX is currently limited to 2K on external monitors, at least on my devices, which are all running Android 12. Motorola Ready For on my Motorola Edge Plus 2022 runs at full 4K but will scale based on the size of the monitor. I don't play any games, but I also use my Galaxy Note 20 Ultra daily in DeX mode on a TV as my exercise video player and occasionally as a side machine (there is no SIM card in it) and even it can run multiple apps in DeX mode with no issues. But I'm not doing anything high-powered beyond playing videos and running productivity apps. I have my Moto plugged in for 8+ hours a day, but it has a battery saver feature that has learned my usage patterns and doesn't charge the phone past 80% until it thinks I'm about ready to disconnect it for the evening. Because of the 4K support, the ease of using the phone camera as a webcam (in a pinch, this is not something I use a lot), and the better battery management, it has replaced my Samsung devices as my daily mobile driver for work.
@@janwhiteside5259 Great to see your in depth description. For this battery charing limit feature. K wasn't aware Motorola has it, is your phone rooted by any chance? Are you using any modifications or apps letting you do this? Online all I can see is that it's achievable, but after charing your phone. For Samsung Dex, there is a workaround with good lock/fine lock. It warns about the possibility of our phones overheating when running anything above fullHD plus still. If it's limited to 2K. My normal res is minimally above this. Should run well, unless the constant plugged in battery/charging makes it too hot. I really would rather avoid this and just stop charging, or even not have it. Perhaps it won't charge my phone if I connect monitor to its power source. I also connected my TV and it is connected to power obviously. Yet it not only lacking charging for my phone, but started to drain it very quickly.... So why wouldn't a touchscreen monitor do this, even if plugged to its power source?
@@jonintrovertedpotato3866 There is an “optimized charging” setting on my Motorola. It specifically says it learns your usage pattern to determine when to charge your phone past 80%. Since I generally unplug my phone around the same time each day, it’s pretty good at living into this is I don’t vary my schedule. I don’t have any special battery apps running and my phone isn’t rooted - I wouldn’t be able to connect to my work accounts if my phone was rooted. I have a couple of external portable monitors, one with a battery and one without. For the one with a battery, I can turn off charging so it won’t try to charge the phone. Driving a larger screen will drain the phone as you said, so at some point having power is just necessary.
The stock browser is good enough for me, though I only use DeX for streaming apps on my TV or when my laptop is broken. Also, great for editing photos on a larger display.
using edge is a good browser, but i have problems with links with microsoft teams during teams meeting. can you give a try? try clicking links from google calendar
This was useful, but the only the samsung browser had 1 important function that made the difference for me: The ability to hold the control button down and use the scroll wheel on my mouse, while in dex mode, to zoom in/out quickly while browsing. (A feature I use in Windows in Chrome/Edge without thinking about it.) To not have this possible on the android version makes the experience pretty much useless, for me in Dex mode. Nit picking over performance between browsers mattered very little.
저는 brave, edge, chrome, samsung, opera 모두 사용해 본 결과 dex에서는 samsung이 제일 앞서 간다고 생각합니다. 이유는 dex를 사용할 때 보통 mouse + keyboard 를 연결하여 사용할텐데, samsung 만이 Ctrl+mouse wheel scroll과 F11 function key가 완벽하게 작동하며, 일부 웹사이트에서 지원하는 마우스 오버에 대한 액션(자동 그림 확대 등)이 오류없이 제대로 작동합니다. 특히 microsoft의 onedrive안에 들어있는 Web기반 Excel/Word 등을 사용활때 전체 화면 기능과 Ctrl+mouse wheel scroll 축소/확대 기능이 유용한데 다른 어떤 브라우저도 그 기능을 제공하고 있지 않습니다. 좋은 비교 감사드리며, 자동으로 이 글이 번역되길 바랍니다. From 한국/폴드3 + Flipbook 사용자
Not surprising. Both Microsoft and Samsung have foldables and have to make sure their browsers work well with their products. I've tried Chrome and it's not good for a mobile desktop experience.
@@natebowling meh I'm bullish in the long run. I actually switched to using brave because a sub asked if he could tip the channel in BAT and I had no idea what he was talking about and I jumped down the rabbit hole. The browser itself has gotten better with updates and is almost as fast as safari on my M1 Mac
Doing this without including kiwi is a bit disappointing, it's the only one with some sort of real computer extension support. That's what the people want to see.
I tried edge rn and also samsung internet and dang they are much smoother than chrome. Samsung internet was really good maybe bcs it is better than edge bcs it has more features i guess but edge doesnt dissappoint either
Brave is just too good. Faster than chrome, all chrome extensions AND you earn $BAT. I have around $300 in BAT just from using my browser (across ~2 years)
Well I have laptops tablets and flagship phone, but I think the train of thought would be if you could only get one device, a high end samsung phone could handle most computing tasks that the average user needs. You kinda need a phone regardless, so might as well make that your all in one device. Heck even if you need windows for work, you can probably get away with never needing anything more than dex for personal use cause those types of jobs typically provide you with a work pc.
I have a new galaxy tab s9 and I can’t get any browser to display my bookmarks that I have in windows browsers of the same type. Pretty much fundamental to my work.
@@MitchellMillennial I don't think so. The tablet is new. Other browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Samsung and even Opera Mini have absolutely no problem with Yоutubе. It's a Micrоsоft bug.
I hate Android browsers, None of them really support extensions completely, auto-refreshing web pages on all Android browsers is unbearable. I still prefer the iPad with Safari, there's nothing better.
Have you ever used a desktop mode on mobile?
No
I'm doing it right now on a Samsung S20 FE I swiped on Ebay for 100 bucks, and I've gotta say, for the average user, and even for some prosumers (i hate that term) this is all you need. I can game using emulators, I can edit videos using a mouse and keyboard with Adobe Rush, both the front facing and rear facing cameras are 4K, and the desktop experience is very nice. All in all, to get the full samsung dex experience, I spent about 200 dollars. I implore anyone to find a computer with multiple 4K camera, 6-8 GB of ram, something equivalent to a Snapdragon 865 and an Adreno 650, all for just south of 200 bucks. As someone who has spent most of his life on frankly overpowered gaming computers, I think Samsung Dex is a real option for anybody in that average to pro consumer range and doesn't want to break the bank.
Also, Dexpert lol
Yes I use it every day because my windows computer is too slow
Thanks a lot for your comparison. On Dex, I'm very satisfied with Opera browser.
Thank you
I am not much of a "DEXPERT" as you are, but I thank you for making such detailed user experience videos so I can suggest these options to my friends (by also sharing your videos of course). Dropped a like as you asked. Very informative video, thanks! :)
Rishab you're the best. Have you considered getting a Samsung device ever?
@@MitchellMillennial, Not yet. I personally don't like the Samsung phones because of many reasons. I definitely need to upgrade my phone. It's not yet come to a point where its a must to change my device right now.
I also use Microsoft Edge as my primary browser on Samsung DeX.
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It's the sites not building them to web standards, not necessarily Firefox fault but as a user I can see why they can expect Firefox to work as well as Blink/WebKit based browsers.
I tried it on many websites, firefox was the worst by far
"The stock browser is surprisingly good" is the sentence I always catch myself thinking of when I'm using Dex mode.
Yeah
I have 2 LG 27" 4K monitors and one Uperfect 15.6" 4K monitor on my desk and I use one of the LG monitors with DeX daily for work as my workplace allows personal device MDM enrollment for only iOS and Android and I've found since converting to full-time remote work, that having a backup device is indispensible. Sometimes the VPN on my work laptop goes awry or I experience some other issue because it's old and slow. Being able to use Windows and DeX side-by-side and to seamlessly switch to using DeX for work email, Teams chat, Zoom calls, etc. is so useful and because my devices are 4G/5G enabled, I can even lose my home internet connection and keep working without having to turn on hotspot. Before the pandemic, DeX was just something I used occasionally but now it has become a lifeline I don't want to give up. I agree with your assessmemt of browsers. I'm required to use Edge in my work profile, but I also use the Samsung browser and Edge Canary for all of my non-work DeX browsing neds. I used to use Kiwi, but Edge has replaced it for me. I have Firefox installed but find it most useful for traditional mobile use, not DeX. I now also have a Motorola Ready For device and the browser experience holds true there as well. DeXperts arise! :-)
Wow
I wrote this message was to Mitchell, but maybe you can share your experience as well.
For how long are you using this setup? I can imagine that your phone is charging most of the time while connected to it (and that the monitor itself is connected to power via USB).
In your opinion. Is Samsung S20 FE enough to run 4K and do basic things (or perhaps play some games)? I gave 2k on it, so I'm wondering about 4k vs fullHD (can't fins 2k OLED sadly).
* also additionally - what about Dex and higher resolutions? Can you even project them or are you limited to fullhd by Dex itself like many others?
@@jonintrovertedpotato3866 DeX is currently limited to 2K on external monitors, at least on my devices, which are all running Android 12. Motorola Ready For on my Motorola Edge Plus 2022 runs at full 4K but will scale based on the size of the monitor. I don't play any games, but I also use my Galaxy Note 20 Ultra daily in DeX mode on a TV as my exercise video player and occasionally as a side machine (there is no SIM card in it) and even it can run multiple apps in DeX mode with no issues. But I'm not doing anything high-powered beyond playing videos and running productivity apps. I have my Moto plugged in for 8+ hours a day, but it has a battery saver feature that has learned my usage patterns and doesn't charge the phone past 80% until it thinks I'm about ready to disconnect it for the evening. Because of the 4K support, the ease of using the phone camera as a webcam (in a pinch, this is not something I use a lot), and the better battery management, it has replaced my Samsung devices as my daily mobile driver for work.
@@janwhiteside5259
Great to see your in depth description.
For this battery charing limit feature. K wasn't aware Motorola has it, is your phone rooted by any chance? Are you using any modifications or apps letting you do this? Online all I can see is that it's achievable, but after charing your phone.
For Samsung Dex, there is a workaround with good lock/fine lock. It warns about the possibility of our phones overheating when running anything above fullHD plus still.
If it's limited to 2K. My normal res is minimally above this. Should run well, unless the constant plugged in battery/charging makes it too hot. I really would rather avoid this and just stop charging, or even not have it.
Perhaps it won't charge my phone if I connect monitor to its power source. I also connected my TV and it is connected to power obviously. Yet it not only lacking charging for my phone, but started to drain it very quickly.... So why wouldn't a touchscreen monitor do this, even if plugged to its power source?
@@jonintrovertedpotato3866 There is an “optimized charging” setting on my Motorola. It specifically says it learns your usage pattern to determine when to charge your phone past 80%. Since I generally unplug my phone around the same time each day, it’s pretty good at living into this is I don’t vary my schedule. I don’t have any special battery apps running and my phone isn’t rooted - I wouldn’t be able to connect to my work accounts if my phone was rooted. I have a couple of external portable monitors, one with a battery and one without. For the one with a battery, I can turn off charging so it won’t try to charge the phone. Driving a larger screen will drain the phone as you said, so at some point having power is just necessary.
Opera actually works for me in dex ... i usually edit wiki pages and i use to copy paste strings.
I used dex in gallaxy tab s6 lite
Great
Hanoi? Wow. Thx for the feedback. Will lool at Edge.
Been living here for 5 years now. Currently working on the wife's immigration paperwork though
The stock browser is good enough for me, though I only use DeX for streaming apps on my TV or when my laptop is broken. Also, great for editing photos on a larger display.
Great use case
if you're a web developer, kiwi browser has a built in Chrome dev console
That's why it's popular
Would've liked to see Vivaldi in there as well, really like that one on my PC and phone
hopefully this video gets enough traction and i can review more stuff on dex
Kiwi - Simple reason, I can add a spell checker. With the current poor implementation of spell checking in Dex, this a must have as a 'dexpert' ;)
I might give it a shot
using edge is a good browser, but i have problems with links with microsoft teams during teams meeting. can you give a try? try clicking links from google calendar
I haven't had a need to try anything Teams related
This was useful, but the only the samsung browser had 1 important function that made the difference for me: The ability to hold the control button down and use the scroll wheel on my mouse, while in dex mode, to zoom in/out quickly while browsing. (A feature I use in Windows in Chrome/Edge without thinking about it.) To not have this possible on the android version makes the experience pretty much useless, for me in Dex mode. Nit picking over performance between browsers mattered very little.
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저는 brave, edge, chrome, samsung, opera 모두 사용해 본 결과 dex에서는 samsung이 제일 앞서 간다고 생각합니다. 이유는 dex를 사용할 때 보통 mouse + keyboard 를 연결하여 사용할텐데, samsung 만이 Ctrl+mouse wheel scroll과 F11 function key가 완벽하게 작동하며, 일부 웹사이트에서 지원하는 마우스 오버에 대한 액션(자동 그림 확대 등)이 오류없이 제대로 작동합니다. 특히 microsoft의 onedrive안에 들어있는 Web기반 Excel/Word 등을 사용활때 전체 화면 기능과 Ctrl+mouse wheel scroll 축소/확대 기능이 유용한데 다른 어떤 브라우저도 그 기능을 제공하고 있지 않습니다.
좋은 비교 감사드리며, 자동으로 이 글이 번역되길 바랍니다. From 한국/폴드3 + Flipbook 사용자
english please bro?
Vivaldi is probably a must to test
You think those graphic design websites are a good measure of the browser
dex is awesome! i prefer built-in samsung's browser tbh.
It has its perks
Not surprising. Both Microsoft and Samsung have foldables and have to make sure their browsers work well with their products. I've tried Chrome and it's not good for a mobile desktop experience.
glad we had the same findings
I been using KIWI browser and i think it is best out their imo the extensions and its quick
A lot of people like extensions
Wait so you can access webs in desktop mode using dex right?
Yeah
@@MitchellMillennial 🤯yesssss
Is any of this browser support extension same like chrome all these support in windows 11
Kiwi
Can we install and use extensions on edge?
I sold the cell phone a while ago
I'm a recent, as of January or so, Brave convert from Chrome on the desktop and Opera on mobile.
Do you earn BAT with it?
Yeah, but BAT has gone from .80 to .29 in the same time period.
@@natebowling meh I'm bullish in the long run. I actually switched to using brave because a sub asked if he could tip the channel in BAT and I had no idea what he was talking about and I jumped down the rabbit hole. The browser itself has gotten better with updates and is almost as fast as safari on my M1 Mac
Can open multiple new windows on chrome?
Yeah
Doing this without including kiwi is a bit disappointing, it's the only one with some sort of real computer extension support. That's what the people want to see.
Yeah kiwi is cool but if it's not going to sink with my desktop browser I'm not that interested
I tried edge rn and also samsung internet and dang they are much smoother than chrome. Samsung internet was really good maybe bcs it is better than edge bcs it has more features i guess but edge doesnt dissappoint either
Edge is really surprising
Yes, would like to see Vivaldi, Yandex, Opera, and Kiwi up there
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that was good thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Brave is just too good. Faster than chrome, all chrome extensions AND you earn $BAT. I have around $300 in BAT just from using my browser (across ~2 years)
Agreed. But no always on desktop mode is shit
thx!
Thank you
Kiwi browser and Google Chrome browser plz
Let's hope this video gets traction, did you think those graphic design websites were a good tool?
Does anyone actually use dex? If yes then why? Why didn't you consider to get a 500$ laptop with a 500$ phone .
Yeah
Well I have laptops tablets and flagship phone, but I think the train of thought would be if you could only get one device, a high end samsung phone could handle most computing tasks that the average user needs. You kinda need a phone regardless, so might as well make that your all in one device. Heck even if you need windows for work, you can probably get away with never needing anything more than dex for personal use cause those types of jobs typically provide you with a work pc.
I have a new galaxy tab s9 and I can’t get any browser to display my bookmarks that I have in windows browsers of the same type. Pretty much fundamental to my work.
Darn
for me brave was the best on dex
interesting
Edge for Android is a real piece of s#it! Tried to use it for music stream playback on Yоutube and it just hangs and crashes on my Lenovo Tab P11!
That might be a problem on your tablet. Everyone on Reddit loves it
@@MitchellMillennial I don't think so. The tablet is new. Other browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Samsung and even Opera Mini have absolutely no problem with Yоutubе. It's a Micrоsоft bug.
I hate Android browsers, None of them really support extensions completely, auto-refreshing web pages on all Android browsers is unbearable. I still prefer the iPad with Safari, there's nothing better.
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You are still in Hanoi Vietnam? How are things there? I can only imagine how pretty your girlfriend is. LOL
Getting ready to leave
Dexpert
Thanks
@@MitchellMillennial