Android x86 6.0 Marshmallow RC1 Images for VirtualBox
Android x86 developers announced the latest ported version of Android x86 6.0 Marshmallow for x86/32bit and amd64/64bit machines, this is first RC1 release and includes number of interesting features: “The Android-x86 project is glad to announce the 6.0-rc1 release. This is the first release candidate for the Android-x86 6.0 (marshmallow-x86) stable release. The 6.0-rc1 release is based on the latest Android Marshmallow-MR2 release (6.0.1_r46). The key features include: supports both 32-bit and 64-bit kernel and userspace; update Linux kernel to 4.4.12; support OpenGL ES 3.x hardware acceleration for Intel, AMD (radeon, radeonsi) and NVIDIA (nouveau) chipsets, as well as VMware and QEMU (virgl); support OpenGL ES 3.0 via software rendering for other GPUs or no GPU devices; support secure booting from UEFI and installing to UEFI disk; able to install to ext4, NTFS and FAT32 file systems via a GUI installer; Upgrading from older android-x86 release is improved. Older release using ext2/ext3 filesystem will be converted to ext4 for better reliability; Support Multi-touch, Audio, Wifi, Bluetooth, Sensors, Camera and Ethernet (DHCP only); Auto-mount external usb drive and sdcard. Support foreign archs (arm / arm64) via the native bridge mechanism. (Settings -> Apps Compatibility)” You can read complete release announcement here.
Known issues:
- Google Play service crashes sometimes on Intel Gen8+ GPUs.
- Google Play service and built-in Browser crash on a software rendering device.
- Suspend and resume doesn’t work on some devices.
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