Samsung DeX surprisingly works with the Lumia 950

Earlier in the year, Samsung unveiled its DeX adapter alongside the Galaxy S8 smartphone for extending the smartphone’s role to being more than just a pocket accessory. The DeX adapter can turn your Galaxy S8/S8+ into a makeshift desktop computer along with a mouse, keyboard and a monitor. However, tech experts around the world look at it as an inspiration from Microsoft’s Continuum feature from its Lumia series of phones launched a year ago.

Although the Windows Phone platform hasn’t gained much attention in the recent months (with rumours suggesting a complete discarding of the platform by Microsoft), the Continuum feature is still a highlighting feature of the platform. This has led enthusiasts to try newer ways to pump interest in the fading Windows Mobile. One YouTuber by the name of gazcart has posted a video showing his Lumia 950 working fine with the Samsung DeX, which comes as a major surprise to the Android community.

There has been a considerable gap in the development time between these two docking stations. Both of them run a completely different software and provide a different desktop experience when connected to the dock. Despite all the differences, the DeX dock comfortably accepts the Lumia 950 and lets the phone display a desktop interface of Windows Phone on the screen through Continuum.

It is not yet known that whether Microsoft’s Continuum dock can accept the Samsung Galaxy S8 for showing its PC interface. However, this surely points towards the speculation of Microsoft developing a compatibility feature for popular devices and platforms. Microsoft has hinted at a connected ecosystem of connected devices, even though they run different software. The 2017 Samsung flagships have pre-installed Microsoft Office apps and are also sold in Microsoft stores across the US.

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