


Moreover, the Windows 11 VM could be rather useful if you prefer the familiarity of the OS on all your devices. However, native support for VMs on Android is a step forward to deeper integration between Android and Windows. This is not the first time we have seen Windows running as a virtual machine on Android.

This cool functionality is enabled by a new virtualization framework baked into Android 13. While Windows 11 is cool, Lin also succeeded in running several Linux distros on the Android DP as a virtual machine. Yes, it runs Doom (connecting to the phone's Windows VM from my computer for keyboard input) /6PORUnJk8m The Pixel 6 also detected his computer’s keyboard as an input for the Windows 11 VM. He went on to tweet a video showing how legendary PC game Doom could run on the Windows 11 VM with ease. The Pixel 6’s CPU, RAM, and I/O were accurately detected and supported on the Windows 11 VM. He notes that although there is no support for hardware-enabled graphics acceleration yet, the virtual machine was able to achieve near-native performance levels. In a series of tweets, Lin showed off how he managed to get Windows 11 running on a Google Pixel 6 on the Android 13 DP1 update.Īnd here's Windows 11 as a VM on Pixel 6 /v7OIcWC3Ab However, Android web and app developer Danny Lin discovered that Android 13 could run Windows 11’s ARM-based build as a virtual machine. Android 13’s Developer Preview 1 released last week could change that for the better.Īt first glance, Android 13 appears to be an incremental improvement from Android 12, with improvements ranging from a new photo picker to dynamic theming for third-party app icons. One aspect where operating systems for computers have always triumphed over their mobile counterparts is the support for advanced utilities such as virtual machines.
