Samsung has worked with Microsoft to allow greater integration between your computer and its Galaxy Note 10. And later this year, you'll be able to make phone calls directly from your Windows PC.

The DeX includes HDMI out, USB-C port, two USB 2.0 ports, and ethernet. (Image: Gizmodo / Eleanor Fye) Setting up the Dex is relatively easy, and requires only two cables.

Most tablets since the Galaxy Tab S4 support both types of DeX. Earlier devices (before the S9 and Tab S5e) support just a wired DeX setup. You can check this Samsung page for details.

1. Enable DeX Ultra on Your Samsung Galaxy Samsung DeX Ultra can be activated directly from your phone’s settings to provide a desktop interface. Open Settings: Navigate to the “Settings ...

However, a footnote on Samsung’s DeX page hints at the feature’s future: The DeX for PC on Windows OS will end support from the One UI 7 version. We encourage customers to connect mobile ...

Here’s the biggest difference between an actual PC and the DeX-docked S8. There will be desktop-tweaked versions of apps – like Microsoft Word and Adobe Lightroom Mobile, for instance, as well as ...

I’m used to a dual monitor setup, but the CJ89 really is something else. “Super ultra-wide screen,” as Samsung describes it, probably doesn’t go far enough.

The new version of Samsung DeX in One UI 8 has a hidden “immersive” full screen mode that’s hard to find. Here’s how to enable it.

It disappeared quickly and quietly. Now Samsung has the $150 Dex Station, a dock that works only with the Galaxy S8 and S8+. Dex comes the closest yet to delivering on that mobile-on-desktop promise.

Linux on DeX is one of the ways that Samsung is targetting an actual real world use-case for the odd DeX docking station. The good news: it works well.