@096d2c53 but the video output will probably be display port alt mode not hdmi. i wouldn’t get my hopes up. 

 @096d2c53 You think that will work with any of the streaming apps? I used to have the video adapter for the iPad and all the streaming apps (Netflix, etc.) blocked it from working intentionally. 🤷‍♂️ 

 @096d2c53 I we sure that will work as seamlessly as hoped? 

 @096d2c53 but I read on the internet that switching to USB-C was *entirely* a cave to the EU and it has no upside whatsoever and had no other reason to happen!

Was I lied to?! 

 @096d2c53 Y’all must have fancy hotels up there in Canada. Down here we’re lucky if they even have an HDMI port. Most of the hotel infotainment setups that I’ve seen are just TV’s with a single coax input. 😞 

 @096d2c53 Yup, that’s pretty neat! And with the USB 2.0 speeds on the non-pro models you even get to play “Count-the-pixels” for free, what a deal! 

 @096d2c53 I am jealous of your world that has so many hotels that provide controls for switching TV inputs 

 @096d2c53 Only with the ProMax. Don’t be fooled. 

 @096d2c53 I hope apps do the Right Thing™ with video output — with the iPad a surprising number of ‘video’ apps (e.g., they play video as their only purpose) don’t pump the video out exclusively, so you just get screen mirroring.

Maybe the *terrible* experience of the phone-at-4k will encourage apps to do the work for this.

(Prime example F1TV doesn’t do the right thing…) 

 @096d2c53 you just need a different dongle, right? 

 @096d2c53 Kinda exciting to be able to work from hotels with only an iPhone, a Bluetooth keyboard, and a usb-c-HDMI adapter.

#minimalist #travel 

 PSA do not plug your iPhone into anything you don’t own (aside from power for charging).

If something you don’t own (eg. hotel TV) asks you to trust device, abort. Bring an old Apple TV to hotel if you want to AirPlay. 

 @096d2c53 I’m a bit concerned that my car has CarPlay but you must plug into the USB-A socket on the car. It was easy to use an old USB-A to Lightning cable but Apple don’t do USB-A to USB-C and lots of third party ones are power-only. 

 @096d2c53 you can do that?  

 @096d2c53 I’m excited to be able to connect an Ethernet adapter so I can remote play games with low latency. 

 @096d2c53 

Thank the EU.

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/10/24/common-charger-eu-ministers-give-final-approval-to-one-size-fits-all-charging-port/ 

 @096d2c53 USB-C was a big step for iPad for the same reason. Even when using a dongle w/lightning, there were compression artifacts and a 70+ ms delay. The latter wasn’t as big as a deal for watching movies or TV shows, but a 70ms delay is notable if you’re controlling realtime visuals. 

 @096d2c53 This seems silly at first, but carrying a USB-HDMI cable is well worth the effort.