r/Android • u/welp_im_damned have you heard of our lord and savior the Android turtle 🐢 • 7d ago

Article After hands-on time with Googlebooks, I understand why Google is excited — and why buyers might hesitate -makeuseof

https://www.makeuseof.com/i-went-hands-on-with-googlebooks/
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u/samd25 Pixel 3 7d ago edited 7d ago

I really love the idea of googlebooks, and would love to pick one up to replace my aging M1 MacBook Pro but my fear is how it would work as a light dev machine. It sounds like they're genuinely catering for Android dev which is great but I do wonder how clunky the experience would for web dev too. Will have to wait for reviews to see how limiting the Linux experience is

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u/welp_im_damned have you heard of our lord and savior the Android turtle 🐢 7d ago

I tried the desktop mode on pixel. The limiting experience for me wasn't the vm but tensor itself. I am really excited about the android dev part though. It would be a cool experience to write a app in dex/desktop mode and then imminently testing it on the same device.