Android-X86 Project Brings Android 9 Pie to Your PC

Developers of the Android-x86 project have recently released the organisation images based on Android 9 Pie for 32-bit and 64-bit PCs along with LTS kernel iv.19.fourscore. The operating system brings a whole lot of Android goodness forth with support for OpenGL ES 3.10 hardware acceleration on AMD, Intel, Nvidia, and QEMU.

This new update brings OpenGL ES3.0 support through SwiftShader for software rendering on unsupported GPUs. Secure booting from UEFI and installing to UEFI disk is supported too.

To make the installation process seamless, a text-based GUI installer is included with this release. Theme support to Grub-EFI has been added for people wanting to personalize their GRUB.

You tin run ARM architecture apps through the native bridge mechanism found in Settings -> Android-x86 options. Experimental support for Vulkan for newer Intel and AMD GPUs is present in the build which can be enabled through Boot via Advanced options -> Vulkan back up.

The build also brings a new taskbar that acts as an alternative launcher that brings the first menu and recent apps on top of the screen. Information technology supports freeform window mode. Finally, you can run portrait apps on a landscape device without rotating the screen.

Other features supported past this latest Android-x86 release according to the official changelog include multi-touch, audio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Sensors, Camera, Ethernet (DHCP only), mouse integration for VMs, auto-mountain external USB bulldoze and SD card.

You tin either compile the prototype yourself by following the steps instructed here or you can download the compiled images from here. It is recommended to accept a backup of your important files earlier yous attempt to install the operating organisation in case something goes incorrect during the installation. Check out the operating arrangement and allow us know if you found this helpful in the comments.