Google Pixel and the controversy with the USB-C to HDMI adapter of the own brand

  • The new Google Pixels are not compatible with Google's USB-C to HDMI adapter.
  • The Google Pixel camera stands out for its superior photographic quality on the current market.
  • Google is looking to promote the use of Chromecast instead of direct HDMI connections.
  • The adapter works with older devices like the Pixel C tablet, but not the Pixel and Pixel XL.
Miguel Martinez

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After the presentation of the new Google smartphones, we are discovering new details of their characteristics and specifications now that their arrival on the market is closer. The latest information on Google Pixel It has sown some controversy, since it has been discovered that the company's two models are not compatible with the USB-C to HDMI adapter of the brand itself.

There is no doubt that the telephone number of Google it is a great terminal. Without going any further there we have the spectacular characteristics of its camera that have made it the smartphone with the best photographic section of the moment.

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However, precisely related to the visualization of the captures obtained with the camera of the Google PixelToday we received the news of the incompatibility of the phone with Google's own adapted from USB type C to HDMI.

Google Pixel and the USB-C to HDMI adapter

Empezamos diciendo que es cierto que durante la presentación del Google Pixel o en los días posteriores la compañía en ningún momento indicó la compatibilidad del nuevo teléfono con su adaptador a HDMI, pero quizá demasiados lo dábamos por hecho.

Y es que hoy día, a pesar de Chromecast y otros dispositivos similares hay quien prefiere la comodidad de conectar sus dispositivos a un monitor o TV por medio de un cable HDMI. Google comercializa un adaptador de USB-C a HDMi que resulta que no es compatible con los nuevos teléfonos de Google, para sorpresa de muchos de los presentes.

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Este dispositivo cuenta con un conector USB tipo C macho en un extremo y un puerto HDMI hembra en el otro, y su funcionamiento consiste en reflejar las pantallas de los dispositivos en los televisores o en pantallas más grandes. Mientras que este adaptador funciona sin problema con la tablet Pixel C y el ahora discontinuado Chromebook Pixel, no sucederá lo mismo con el Google Pixel y Pixel XL.

The reason for this incompatibility with this company's own adapter does not have to be looked for very far, and it is clear that with this strategy Google intends that users make use of the Chromecast to perform the same function that this adapter enables.

Successful or not, it is still curious that the company has chosen to "cap" an option through which users could choose the connection system to larger monitors.

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