Last week we talked about that a Meixu Pro 5 had been wirelessly connected to a screen, making it a practically converged desktop Ubuntu. Well now it has been announced that this is also being worked on other devices with Ubuntu Touch, such as the Nexus 5 and the One Plus One.
This is achieved thanks to Aethercast technology, a technology that began to be developed last year and that allows you to wirelessly connect a device to a monitor or television. If you want to know more about this technology, I refer you to an article by our Ubuntulog colleagues that explains it very well.
This technology it will allow what we already saw in the Meixu Pro 5In other words, converting these devices into a desktop Ubuntu with its windows, its programs, and ultimately, a personal computer with the help of a wireless keyboard and mouse.
Obviously 100% convergence has not been achieved, but it has been a great step forward when it comes to achieving it, since as I always say, today's phones have more than enough power to run desktop applications.
The development of Aethercast technology in these two devices going from strength to strength, but not stable yet. In the case of the Nexus 5, it is already quite developed and about to be stable, on the other hand, in the case of the One Plus One, there is still a little more way to go to achieve it.
This is also expected is being achieved with the other Ubuntu Touch devices such as the BQ, something that would be a great advance in this of the convergence of the devices.
Ultimately, I think Canonical the battle for convergence is winning, since it not only works with Smartphone, but BQ tablets can also be used as if they were a desktop computer with Ubuntu.
very advance canonical