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0 pointsdeaddodo1y ago0 comments

> At this point, an x86 Android image will be better and more reliable. Somewhat just as fast.

I'm pretty sure the overhead for something like Windows Subsystem Android is a few percentage points max, assuming the video card supports the proper OpenGL subsystem (so doesn't require software fallbacks). In fact, given that most x86 laptop CPUs and GPUs offer much more performance than most phone ARM chips, it's basically a moot point. The big problem is finding packages built universally or specifically for x86 (not sure what the status is for WSA on Windows ARM, but that could be an option too).

I'm still waiting for the day Linux offers something similar. Or FreeBSD does something similar to their Linux ABI compatibility.

Edit: looks like WSA is being ended in early 2025:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/

Due to not being able to integrate a store and make revenuue:

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/here...

What a shame.

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yjftsjthsd-h1y ago

> I'm still waiting for the day Linux offers something similar.

Waiting? Waydroid is several years old at this point, and you've always been able to run Android in a VM via either Google's official device emulator in the SDK or just running https://www.android-x86.org/ et al. in whatever hypervisor you prefer.

cyberax1y ago

Android-x86 is dead. The last commits are from years ago.

Waydroid is slightly more alive, but only barely. And it itself is a fork of now defunct Anbox.

deaddodoOP1y ago

Sorry, I should have rephrased that:

I'm still waiting for Linux to offer a good version of that. I currently use waydroid, and it's barely functional.

surajrmal1y ago

Google launched the play store on Windows without wsa. I assume that's a big reason it collapsed.

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