USB On-The-Go

Android is a Linux. This means that it can have a keyboard, mouse and other periferials. You could (and probably can) even burn a CD using an Android phone. One of the nice things in OTG was to connect an external screen which is turning the phone to a full blown computer. Or a media player...

HAHAHA! NAÏVE PERSON!

You couldn't watch Netflix on USB OTG. Because... because of... REASONS YOU STUPID PIRATE!!! OR FUTURE PIRATE!!! OR FUTURE WANNA BE PIRATE! YOURETOCLOOSSEETOBEEINGPIRATEYOUPIRATE!

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disclaimer: I do not want to offend anyone. Above sentences are what I hear in my head when I see that my phone with USB OTG/USB-C is not showing the video on my tv or monitor, or even showing but only subtitles.

disclaimer 2: connecting screen using USB OTG was called MHL, not all devices had (has?) it

Android being based on Linux doesn’t mean it has all of the capabilities of a Linux distribution anymore than iOS being based on BSD or even more relevantly being a fork of MacOS means it can do everything that Macs can do.

As far as connecting an external monitor, that’s a standard USB C alt mode that your phone doesn’t support.

https://www.benq.com/en-us/knowledge-center/knowledge/usb-c-...

My iPhone 16 can send video and power to my USB C portable monitor over one cord. It can only drive the monitor as far as power up to 50% brightness.

If I plug in a separate power supply to the second USB C port on my monitor I can run my monitor at full brightness and the monitor will charge my phone while my phone is sending it video.

https://imgur.com/a/wyV4ReK

Of course my laptop supports powering and video at full brightness over one USB-C port

What I describe is my genuine experience. I had a phone with usb otg with MHL. And netflix app didn't send video to the screen of the TV. It sent only text of subtitles. Because of some stupid limitations.