Redmagic 12 Pro is the first Snapdragon phone to run the Linux Terminal app
Google’s app for running Linux on Android was limited to Pixel phones; it now works on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6.
A Google app lets a phone run the Linux system inside it. It worked on few phones, and now it also runs on one with a Snapdragon chip.
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Why it matters
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The details
- Google’s Linux Terminal app runs Linux inside a virtual machine on Android.
- It first appeared on Pixel phones and then spread to other makers’ devices.
- No Snapdragon phone supported it until now; it works on the Redmagic 12 Pro with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6.
- A device needs Android Virtualization Framework support.
- Older Snapdragon phones are still not supported.
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