After years of blocking third-party app stores from iPhones and iPads, Apple has changed its rules regarding installation of apps from sources other than its own App Store… at least in Europe. The changes come in response to the European Union’s Digital Markets Acts, and Apple’s not particularly happy about them. But now that the […]
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Lilbits: Apple allows game console emulators in the App Store now… but not this one
Earlier this month Apple updated its App Store guidelines to allow developers to distribute “retro game console emulators” for iOS and iPadOS for the first time. But it was unclear at first whether that meant all emulators were welcome, or if this was just a way to let game publishers offer emulators that would allow you to […]
This AMD Ryzen-powered handheld concept with two OLED displays is like a modern Nintendo 3DS
Most of the handheld gaming PCs with x86 processors that have shown up in the past few years are designed to play PC games. But Japanese gaming hardware company Tassei Denki brought something a little different to the Tokyo Game Show last week. The company built a dual-screen concept device that’s best described as a […]
Vita3K Android emulator brings support for (some) PlayStation Vita games to smartphones
Vita3K is an experimental PlayStation Vita emulator that’s been available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for some time. Now you can also use it to play some Vita games on Android phones. The first builds of Vita3K Android are now available for download from the project’s GitHub release page. Note that at this point Vita3K […]
Lilbits: Nobody is playing Netflix games, Fibit is killing its desktop sync apps, Moto Razr 2 and Kobo Clara 2E on the way
Fitbit is pulling the plug on its desktop apps, which means you may soon no longer be able to sync your steps and other activities with a PC or Mac. If you have a Fitbit watch, that means you’ll also no longer be able to transfer music to your wearable unless you’re using the Deezer […]
AetherSX2 beta released: PS2 emulator for Android
AetherSX2 is a PlayStation 2 emulator that runs on Android devices and which early testers have indicated offers strong performance on recent phones with flagship-class chips from Qualcomm Snapdragon or MediaTek. Now you can try it out for yourself. AestherSX2 Beta is now available for free from the Google Play Store. Note that this is […]
Boxedwine is an emulator that can run Windows apps on the web (or Linux, Mac, or… Windows)
The free and open source Wine utility that makes it possible to run some Windows applications on Linux and Mac computers is not an emulator, but rather a compatibility layer. The name is actually an abbreviation for Wine Is Not an Emulator. But that doesn’t mean you can’t do some pretty cool things when you […]
BlueStacks 5 will soon let you run Android apps on Macs and PCs with ARM chips
BlueStacks has been offering software that lets you run Android apps on Windows PCs for almost a decade. But the company says it’s upcoming BlueStack 5 release is a major update that will bring performance and efficiency improvements to the Android emulator. And while the Bluestacks 5 Beta that’s available for download only runs on Intel […]
Lilbits: Chip shortage, PlayStation Portable emulator, and Google Photos
There’s a semiconductor shortage that’s affecting the supply of chips for a wide range of products including laptop and desktop computers, game consoles, and automobiles, just to name a few product categories. Like so many things that have happened in the past year, you can largely blame this on COVID-19, which has led to changes […]
Lilbits #404: Handheld gaming, jailbreaking, and open source audio editing
Another day, another project to build a handheld gaming computer — this time powered by an AMD Ryzen 4000U processor. The Aya handheld gaming PC is still just in the concept phase for now. But given the developments we’ve seen in this space over the past year or two, it’s entirely plausible that a portable […]