14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S8 smartphone will be an exciting device with its rumored 6GB of RAM and the latest Snapdragon 835 processor. Samsung is also said to bring a new feature to the upcoming phone, one that would give users a PC-like functionality.
There have been multiple reports of Samsung bringing a feature for connecting the Galaxy S8 to a monitor and providing a PC-like experience. Samsung is said to call the new feature Desktop eXperience, as a recent trademark filling reveals. The feature will be quite similar to Continuum, found in Windows 10 Mobile.
As it turns out, Samsung intends to provide a dedicated dock for this feature, called DeX Station, according to a new report. The dock will allow users to connect their phones to external monitors, even those that don’t come with USB Type-C ports.
Galaxy S8 to be announced in March
The trademark filling reads that this product will be used for “projecting the screen of mobile devices to displays via computer peripheral devices and wireless networks.”
This isn’t the first time that Samsung explores such an idea. A few years ago, the company provided a Smart Dock module with an HDMI port for streaming video to an external TV set or monitor. It will be interesting to see which new features Samsung will include in the Desktop eXperience to make it stand out from the previous Smart Dock.
Aside from the new docking station, the Galaxy S8 is also rumored to come with “infinity display” that might cover the majority of the front curved screen and a fingerprint scanner on the back, since the physical home button will be ditched.
Samsung is expected to announce the new Galaxy S8 on March 29, but the phone will be available for purchase possibly on April 21. Some say that customers in South Korea will be able to buy the phone one week earlier, on April 14.
