Android Pie-x86 9 r2 for PC

The first release of Android-x86 9, the new stable version of the project's unofficial port of Google's Android to standard desktop and laptop computers.

 

This release of pie-x86 is based on Android "PIE".

• OS Type: Linux
  
• Based on: Android 9 Pie
  
• Origin: USA
  
• Architecture: x86 32bit and 64bit
  
• Desktop: Android 9 Pie

 

• Support both 64-bit and 32-bit kernel and userspace with latest LTS kernel 4.19.80.
• Support OpenGL ES 3.x hardware acceleration for Intel, AMD, Nvidia and QEMU(virgl) by Mesa 19.0.8.
• Support OpenGL ES 3.0 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 sdcard.
• 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)
• Support to upgrade from non-official releases.
• Add experimental Vulkan support for newer Intel and AMD GPUs. (Boot via Advanced options -> Vulkan support)
• Simulate WiFi adapter by Ethernet to increase app compatibility.
• Mouse integration support for VMs including VirtualBox, QEMU, VMware and Hyper-V.

 

How to Install Android x86 in a VirtualBox Machine in Windows or Linux on PC or MAC
Want to use Android on your PC? The Android-x86 Project has available to installed on netbooks with supported hardware, but you can also install Android in VirtualBox.

 

What You’ll Need Before you can get started
You’ll need VirtualBox: Download and install VirtualBox

 

ISO Download links:

Download of Android-x86 Release 9-r2 (64-bit) (February 2020) (921MB)

Download of Android-x86 Release 9-r2 (32-bit) (February 2020) (726MB)

other Download options Android x86

 

Once installed you might need to go to the top right and Turn OFF the auto-rotation, since for a pc most will want it to stay in landscape mode.   Also i found an issue with waking it up from sleep.   So go into settings / Display / Sleep ..  and change to Never Sleep.

 

This is the NEW Pie 2019 edition that has more pre-installed apps