#Microsoft display dock for windows continuum update

#Microsoft display dock for windows continuum update

Update ()Ī Microsoft forum moderator has posted this information No cords at all phone, dock, mouse, keyboard, display all in close proximity but not a cord in sight. The only drawback from the specs of been reading is that you can’t drive 2 external displays from the dock (but for those occasions that you would use it you’re probably not carrying around dual displays!)Īlso worth noting is the demo kit that I saw was using the wireless dock. What this would mean for me is that I could plug my phone in to get the Continuum PC like experience, then start a remote desktop session to one of my development machines and start coding with very much the same experience I would have on a beefy laptop. This is epic, as my development machines are all virtual (some on premises at the office and others in Azure). The real light bulb moment happened during a conversation when it was mentioned that a remote desktop app that supported Continuum was not only in the pipeline but I was able to get a demonstration. The phone (via the dock) is capable of driving a single HDMI display and apps scale up to use a high resolution on the external monitor. This is the bit that the sceptic in me initially thought great feature, but who’s going to build the apps to support it. The Continuum magic is only supported by the new Universal Windows Apps (primarily Microsoft Apps to start with, e.g. The experience on the phone (start screen, calls etc) remains completely independent of the PC-like experience on the external display. A chance conversation at Microsoft Ignite Australia has changed my opinion and got me excited again.Ĭontinuum for Windows phones lets you turn your phone into a PC-like experience by connecting an external display, keyboard, and mouse using the new Microsoft Display Dock.

But the sceptic inside me kept nagging at me that it’s probably going to be more gimmick than substance. Being a Windows Phone user I was pretty excited when the Continuum feature started getting demonstrated.