{"id":13207,"date":"2022-02-14T21:17:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T21:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/14\/android-13-can-run-windows-11-on-your-phone-or-tablet-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2022-02-14T21:17:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T21:17:04","slug":"android-13-can-run-windows-11-on-your-phone-or-tablet-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/14\/android-13-can-run-windows-11-on-your-phone-or-tablet-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"Android 13 Can Run Windows 11 On Your Phone or Tablet \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Google\u2019s surprise Android 13 Dev Preview launch gave us a ton of early information on the operating system, including some of its crazy new features<\/a>. But there\u2019s one Android 13 feature that Google hasn\u2019t spent a lot of time talking about\u2014a new, standardized system for virtualization that lets you run Windows 11 on a phone or tablet.<\/p>\n

Virtualization is a complicated, esoteric topic. But here\u2019s the gist; with virtualization, you can run an OS within another OS. Mac users with a virtual machine, such as\u00a0Parallels, can run Windows on their desktop like it\u2019s a regular old app. And thanks to Google\u2019s new virtualization standards, Android 13 users do the same thing on their phone or tablet. (You can read a more detailed explanation<\/a> at\u00a0How-To Geek<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

As documented by Android developer kdrag0n<\/a>, Google\u2019s new virtualization system already works quite well in the Android 13 Dev Preview. It doesn\u2019t support hardware acceleration, so it ain\u2019t perfect, but it lets you use Windows 11 on a mobile device without much fuss.<\/p>\n

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And here’s Windows 11 as a VM on Pixel 6 https:\/\/t.co\/0557SfeJtN<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/v7OIcWC3Ab<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 kdrag0n (@kdrag0n) February 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is quite an achievement from Google. Since its inception, Android users have criticized the OS for its fragmentation, and Android virtual machines have been\u00a0extremely<\/em> fragmented. With Android 13, Google is using\u00a0pKVM (protected kernel virtualization mechanism) and the Chromebook\u00a0crosvm manager to standardize virtualization throughout Android.<\/p>\n

Additionally, this standardized system will let Android virtualize instances of \u2026 well, Android. Mishaal Rahman of Esper documented this idea in a detailed blog post<\/a> late last year. While Google\u2019s motivation for virtualizing instances of Android within Android is still unclear,\u00a0Rahman speculates that it may increase device security when compiling data.<\/p>\n

The idea of running Windows 11 and other operating systems within Android 13 is fun, but the benefits are still a bit unclear. At the very least, Google may find a way to make Linux apps work on Android, or as\u00a0Mishaal Rahman notes, virtualization could automatically isolate sensitive tasks and increase user security.<\/p>\n

And yes, Windows 11 on Android 13 runs\u00a0Doom<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: @kdrag0n<\/a> via Android Police<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n