

This design enabled the cell phone to lie flat and function as a touchpad or even continue being used as a phone in its usual fashion whilst being connected to a display and with DeX operating. In August 2018 with the launch of the Note 9, Samsung introduced the DeX HDMI adapter (USB-C to female HDMI), DeX cable (USB-C to male HDMI) and DeX multiport adapter, which whilst still proprietary and containing active electronics, eliminated the need for the previous docking accessories. This provided a USB-C port, ethernet, HDMI 2.0 output and two USB 2.0 ports. In 2017, the original version of DeX was released, which required the use of a proprietary docking accessory called the DeX Station. It has also been introduced on several high-end tablets, including the Galaxy Tab S4, S5e, Tab S6, Tab S6 Lite, Tab S7 FE, Tab S7 and S7+. The Galaxy A90 5G is the first Galaxy A phone with DeX support.
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Samsung first included the DeX feature on Samsung's Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones, and has continued to support the feature on all of its latest flagship smartphones, including the Galaxy S9, S10, S20, S21, S22, S23, Note8, Note9 and Note10 series and Note20 series. The name " DeX" is a contraction of " Desktop eXperience". Samsung DeX (stylized as SΛMSUNG DeX) is a feature included on some high-end Samsung handheld devices that enables users to extend their device into a desktop-like experience by connecting a keyboard, mouse, and monitor.

DeX Station when opened, showing the USB-C docking.
