Software update: Android-x86 8.1-rc1

The Android-x86 project focuses on porting Android to the x86 platform. In addition, it does not emulate Android, like BlueStacks App Player, Nox App Player and Genymotion do well. The developers have already released Android-x86 8.1-rc1 a few days ago, based on Android 8.1.0 Oreo MR1. Google released this Android version in December 2017 and apparently it took a while to get it stable on the x86 platform. The abbreviated announcement of the Android-x86 8.1-rc1 release looks like this:

Android-x86 8.1-rc1 (Oreo-x86)

The Android-x86 project is glad to announce the 8.1-rc1 release to public. This is the first release candidate for Android-x86 8.1 (oreo-x86). The prebuilt images are available in the following site:

Key Features

The 8.1-rc1 release is based on the latest Android 8.1.0 Oreo MR1 release (8.1.0_r33). The features include:

• Support both 64-bit and 32-bit kernel and userspace.
• Support OpenGL ES 3.x hardware acceleration for Intel/AMD/Nvidia, VMware and QEMU(virgl) by Mesa 18.1.2.
• Support OpenGL ES 2.0 via SwiftShader for software rendering on unsupported GPU devices.
• Support hardware accelerated codecs on devices with Intel HD & G45 graphics family.
• Support secure booting from UEFI and installing to UEFI disk.
• A text based GUI installer.
• Add theme support to GRUB-EFI.
• Support Multi-touch, Audio, Wifi, Bluetooth, Sensors, Camera and Ethernet (DHCP only).
• Auto mount external usb drive and sd card.
• Add Taskbar as an alternative launcher which puts a start menu and recent apps tray on top of your screen and support freeform window mode.
• Enable ForceDefaultOrientation on devices without known sensors. Portrait apps can run in a landscape device without rotating the screen.
• Support arm arch apps via the native bridge mechanism. (Settings -> Android-x86 options)

Known issues

• Google Play Service may crash sometimes on the 32-bit image.
• Suspend and resume doesn’t work on some devices.