Android-x86
Sign in to savethumb|right|Android x86 (ver. 4.0) on Asus Eee PC|EeePC 701 4G Android-x86 is an unofficial port of the Android mobile operating system (developed by the Open Handset Alliance) for the Intel x86 platform. It is an open source project designed to make Android run on devices powered by x86 processors (such as PCs), rather than RISC-based ARM chips.
Key facts
- OS.name
- Android-x86
- OS.logo
- Android-x86.png
- OS.caption
- Screenshot of an Android device emulating Android x86 Donut r2
- OS.developer
- Chih-Wei Huang, Yi Sun
- OS.family
- Android (Linux)
- OS.kernel type
- Monolithic (modified Linux kernel)
- OS.license
- Apache License 2.0
- OS.source_model
- Open source (includes proprietary components such as Google Play)
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Related projects
- Bliss OS
- Project Celadon
- Remix OS
- Android TV x86
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|Android x86 (ver. 4.0) on Asus Eee PC|EeePC 701 4G Android-x86 is an unofficial port of the Android mobile operating system (developed by the Open Handset Alliance) for the Intel x86 platform. It is an open source project designed to make Android run on devices powered by x86 processors (such as PCs), rather than RISC-based ARM chips.
Developers Chih-Wei Huang and Yi Sun originated the project in 2009. The project began as a series of patches to the Android source code to enable Android to run on various netbooks, tablets and ultra-mobile PCs. Huang was the project maintainer and as of 2021 active developers included Mauro Rossi and Michael Goffioul. As of 2025, the project is considered inactive or discontinued.