When you think of Android, you probably think of smartphones, tablets, or maybe even smart TVs. But while Google doesn’t officially offer a version of Android for laptop or desktop computers, independent developers have been porting the OS to run on those platforms for years. And now one of those development teams is getting ready […]
android x86
Posted inNews
Run Android 9 Pie on your PC with Android-x86 9.0
Google’s Android operating system may be designed for smartphones, tablets, and TVs. But the folks at the Android-x86 project have been packaging up the open source version this mobile OS and turning it into a desktop operating system for years. Today the latest stable release is out — Android-x86 9.0 is designed to let you […]
Posted inNews
Bliss OS 12 Alpha brings Android 10 to desktop PCs
Android is for smartphones and tablets. Chrome OS is for laptops and desktops. That’s what Google’s been telling us for the past decade. But a small group of developers have been challenging that idea for almost as long — and thanks to their efforts you can now install Android 9 or Android 10 on computers […]
Posted inNews
Android-x86 8.1 released, lets you run Oreo on desktop PCs
Most devices that ship with Google’s Android operating system are smartphones or tablets with touchscreen displays and ARM-based processors. But for years the folks at the Android-x86 project have been porting Android to run on computers with Intel or AMD chips. This week the team released the first stable build based on Android Oreo. The […]
Posted inNews
Android-x86 8.1_rc1 lets you run Android Oreo on a PC
Th Android-x86 project is an open source initiative to adapt Google’s Android operating system so it can be run on desktop and notebook computers. The team is getting ready to launch the first version of Android-x86 based on Android Oreo, and a release candidate is now available for download. Android-x86 8.1_rc1 is available in 32-bit […]
Posted inNews
Android-x86 brings Android Nougat to desktop and laptop PCs
The Android-x86 project is an initiative to port Google’s Android operating system to run on devices with x86 processors, including most desktop and notebook computers with Intel or AMD chips. Since Android-x86 is an unofficial, third-party port of Google’s software it tends to run a little behind Google’s Android releases… and while the latest version […]
Posted inNews
Android-x86 lead developer may abandon project
Most Android smartphones, tablets, and other devices have ARM-based processors. But an open source port of the operating system called Android-x86 has been making it easy to install Google’s software on PCs with x86 chips for years. Now the future of that project looks a bit murky. The lead developer says he’s not sure he […]
Posted inNews
Android-x86 releases early build of Nougat for desktop PCs
Google and Intel may not be doing much work to make sure that Android can run on devices with Intel processors anymore… but the Android-x86 project continues to release new builds of Android for computers with Intel and AMD chips. The latest release? A build of Android 7.0 for developers. In other words, you can […]
Posted inNews
Now you can install Android TV on a PC (unofficially)
Android TV is basically Android… for TVs. Google’s operating system for smart TVs and set top boxes is based on the same code as the company’s software for smartphones and tablets, but it features a custom user interface designed to be easy to navigate using a remote control and big screen TV and it supports […]
Posted inNews
Jide unveils Remix Pro 2-in-1 tablet with Remix OS 3.0 (plus a new PC box and more)
Chinese startup Jide’s Remix OS is an operating system designed to make Google Android look and feel like a desktop OS. Jide launched a tablet and a mini-desktop PC running Remix OS in 2015, but over the past year the company has also partnered with a number of other device makers to load Remix OS […]