Google for mobile devices with Android 16 Linux virtual machine It is preparing to offer (VM) support and a full-fledged Terminal application. Considering that Android is already a Linux-based operating system, thanks to this new feature, users will be able to run a full-fledged Linux environment on their phones and tablets.
Linux-powered terminal and GPU-accelerated VM support comes with Android 16
The Terminal app will allow users to run Linux commands directly from their Android devices. With GPU acceleration support, graphics-based applications and software can be run with high performance.
The terminal application will also offer advanced system management features such as disk size adjustment, port forwarding and partition recovery. In fact, this feature can be seen as the Linux support offered by Google in Chrome OS has been brought to mobile devices.
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Offering this kind of functionality on Android devices will greatly increase the power and flexibility of the mobile platform. In this way, developers will be able to use their mobile devices as a more powerful development platform. We can say that applications will become much faster and smoother with GPU acceleration.
In short, the innovations that will come with Android 16 will significantly increase the functionality of mobile devices. What do you think? You can write your opinions in the comments section below.
