It’s highly likely that future Lumia handsets will also come with Continuum support. Now, we’ve finally had a chance to test Microsoft’s official Display Dock, the optional £80 adaptor you’ll need to use Windows 10 Mobile’s biggest and most exciting feature, Continuum, which effectively turns your smartphone into a portable PC.Īt the moment, Continuum only works on the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL, as it requires USB Type-C to connect your phone to the Display Dock (a cable is supplied for this).

Last month, we got to grips with Windows 10 Mobile and all of its brand-new features, from its universal apps to Microsoft’s new eye-scanning security software, Microsoft Hello. The great thing about the USB C dock is that it also charges up the Surface Go.Microsoft’s superb Display Dock is a glimpse into the future of mobile working, but you need the sluggish Lumia 950 or 950 XL to use it The dock comes with a USB C power supply and USB C cable so all I needed to do is to connect the dock to the Surface via the USB C cable and I can then plug into the dock a monitor (HDMI or DisplayPort) and three devices connected via full sized USB ports. With the Surface Go having USB C and the dock being USB C I have now have full docking station for my Surface Go. While the concept was great it did not take off and my 950XL and the dock where gathering dust in the back of a draw. The Surface Dock is a great way of expanding a Surface but it is a premium device costing around £170.īack when Microsoft launched the Lumia 950 and 950XL they also launched the Microsoft Display Dock (HD-500) designed to enable a desktop like experience from your phone by using it to connect up to a keyboard, mouse and monitor.

The Surface Go is a great devices for taking with you on the go but when it comes to ports there is just the one USB C port and a Surface expansion port.

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