All we need is for HDMI to be unlocked so it works on phones, or maybe VGA adapters that work on phones. And a way to "sideload" our own apps. Hackers please make this happen.
iPhones and most Android phones already support connections to external displays with a cheap adapter.
Android phones already allow sideloading. Even the much protested upcoming restrictions to sideloading don't interfere with ADB sideloading.
No hackers needed. This has existed for years. I've had a few friends go through periods where they thought they were going to use their phones as plug-in terminals for something and then they never last very long. It's never as satisfying as imagined.
I plugged my iPhone 16 into my usb-C docking station the other day to charge it and was pretty surprised to discover it just started mirroring my phone screen. Keyboard worked too!
