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 […]
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With Android apps coming to Chrome OS, is there room for Remix OS or Phoenix OS?
Over the past few years a number of companies have tried to turn Google Android into a desktop (or TV-focused) operating system by adding support for multi-window mode, among other things. Most recently, Chinese startups have launched Android-based operating systems like Remix OS and Phoenix OS which add a taskbar, desktop, and Windows-like multi-window functionality […]
AOC unveils first all-in-one PC with Remix OS
Google’s Android operating system was originally designed for mobile devices like smartphones, but it was later adapted to run on a range of products including watches, in-vehicle systems, and TV boxes. Google also seems to be taking steps to blur the lines between Android and Chrome OS, which could pave the way for Android-powered laptop […]
Jide release Remix OS 2.0 updates for Nexus 9, Nexus 10, and Ultra Tablet
The company behind Remix OS, a custom version of Android that brings desktop-style features to the mobile operating system, have released new builds for three devices. For the first time you can now install Remix OS 2.0 on the Google Nexus 9 and Nexus 10 tablets. And Jide has also released a new stable build […]
Remix OS for PC beta: How to dual-boot Windows and Android-as-a-desktop OS
Remix OS is a desktop-style operating system built around Google Android. It lets you run virtually any Android app or game, but it provides a desktop, taskbar, and window manager that makes Google’s mobile operating system feel more like Windows and other desktop operating systems. The operating system used to only run on devices with […]
On the LPX Show: A closer look at Remix OS
I’ve been covering Remix OS since Jide first introduced the operating system in early 2015. It’s an operating system that takes Google’s Android and turns it into a desktop operating system with a taskbar, desktop, and multi-window support and it’s come a long way in the year or so since it first launched. Originally available […]
Remix OS for PC beta coming March 1st, brings dual-booting, 32-bit, and over-the-air updates
Remix OS is a customized version of Android that looks and feels like a desktop operating system. First launched by Jide in 2015, the operating system only supported a few devices at first. In January Jide made it easier for anyone to try out Remix OS by releasing an alpha version of Remix OS for […]
Jide releases Remix OS for 32-bit PCs (older notebooks, tablets, etc)
Remix OS is a version of Android designed to feel like a desktop operating system. In January the developers at Jide released an alpha version for PCs, allowing you to run Android apps and games on many computers… but only if they had 64-bit processors. Now Jide has released a build that works on 32-bit […]
Remix OS 2.0 now available for Jide’s Remix Ultra Tablet
Now that you can run Remix OS 2.0 on hundreds of desktop and notebook computers, some folks have been wondering why you couldn’t run the latest version of the operating system on the first device to ship with Remix OS. Now you can. Remix OS 2.0 is now available for Jide’s Remix Ultra Tablet. Remix OS is a custom […]
Jide releases (some) Remix OS source code to comply with GPL, Apache licenses
Remix OS is a custom version of Google Android designed to run on desktop and notebook computers. While it’s based on open source software, the operating system itself is not fully open source… but as has recently been pointed out, the developers at Jide may have violated some software licenses when they released Remix OS for […]