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Android x86 (ver. 4.0) on EeePC 701 4G. Android-x86 is an open source project that makes an unofficial porting of the Android mobile operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance to run on devices powered by x86 processors, rather than RISC-based ARM chips.
Android Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California, in October 2003 by Andy Rubin and Chris White, with Rich Miner and Nick Sears [13] [14] joining later. Rubin and White started out build an Operating System for digital cameras viz FotoFrame. The company name was changed to Android as Rubin already owned the domain name android.com.
This is a list of Android distributions, Android-based operating systems (OS) commonly referred to as Custom ROMs or Android ROMs, forked from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) without Google Play Services included officially in some or all markets, yet maintained independent coverage in notable Android-related sources.
In January 2018, BlueStacks announced the release of the BlueStacks + N Beta, running on Android 7 (Android Nougat).This was notable as most Android emulators were running Android 4.4 (KitKat) at that time. [20] This version was powered by an upgraded "HyperG" graphics engine that enabled the use of the full array of Android 7 APIs.
The Android Package with the file extension apk [1] is the file format used by the Android operating system, and a number of other Android-based operating systems for distribution and installation of mobile apps, mobile games and middleware. A file using this format can be built from source code written in either Java or Kotlin.
x86 PC, x86-64 PC: Cross-platform: Open source: QEMU: 9.2.0 December 10, 2024: x86-64 PC, various platforms Cross-platform: GPL: Q: 0.9.1d118 x86-64 PC, various platforms OS X: Open source: SPC/AT: 0.97 March 10, 2014: x86-64 PC, various platforms Windows 64-bit, Android Linux (ARM) Open source: SimNow: 4.6.2 April 6, 2010: AMD K8 (Athlon 64 ...
Replicant is a free and open-source Android-based operating system that intends to replace all proprietary Android components with free-software counterparts. [7] It is available for several smartphones and tablets. [8]
Paranoid Android is an open-source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile platform. The latest official version is Uvite, based on Android 14 , released on 20 September 2023.