The movement to get Android onto your PC is going strong, and the guys over at Android x86 Project – who basically code Android to run on x86 platforms like desktop PCs rather than the common ARM-based ones for mobile devices – have another feather on their hat as they release their first stable version of Android Marshmallow, for your desktop PC! Now who would’ve thought that?
The Android x86 Project has come out with 2 release candidate (RC) builds, one in June and another in August. So it’s good news all around as we welcome Android x86 6.0, the first stable Marshmallow build the project has put out. The build looks to be based on Google’s Android 6.0 Marshmallow AOSP (Android Open Source Project), and contains the most security patches as well.
Looking under the hood a bit, there are a number of interesting things about this build. It looks like both modern UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) and legacy BIOS PCs are supported. The build also uses an updated graphics stack based on the Mesa 12.0.2 3D Graphics Library, there’s support for Samsung’s F2FS file system for SSD drives, and better Wi-Fi support after resume and suspend. Users also get initial HDMI audio support.
Also curiously, you will notice that this build is using a normal mouse pointer taken from Android Nougat instead of the circle cursor used in other releases. Android-x86 6.0 is distributed as 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x86_64) Live ISO images, and you can download them from the official Android x86 download page.
VIA: Softpedia
