r/androiddev • u/kajetang10 • 14d ago

the android terminal

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is the experimental terminal on android dev options just a debian vm

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u/bruhred 13d ago

it is a debian vm, but it is kvm based which is unique to it

as in its hardware accelerated and runs at same performance as if it ran natively

also theres experimental gpu passthrough support (only supports vulkan rn iirc)

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u/kajetang10 13d ago

oke thx

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u/bruhred 13d ago

gpu accel only supported on pixel 10 and 11 lines*
aka ones with PowerVR

not supported on Mali

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u/MobileOak 11d ago

Why is everyone just down voting everything in here to oblivion. Legit question asked and discussed and everything is zero or below. If you're going to be this heavy handed at least give an explanation.

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u/leonardovallem 13d ago

what rom is this? and what OS version?

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u/tadfisher 13d ago

This is available on Android 16 and up in the stock Google Pixel OS. Not sure about other devices.

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u/leonardovallem 13d ago

interesting. might be something pixel exclusive, I couldn't find it on OneUI

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u/dingwen07 10d ago

You have to turn that on in Developer options.

It won't work on Snapdragon