Android devices can soon run Windows software with Wine for Android

e27.sg 04 Feb '13, 8am

Android devices can soon run Windows software with Wine for Android - e27 (blog)

Wine for Android will soon let Android smartphone and tablet users run Windows software. Is this overkill for mobile devices, or a big challenge for Microsoft? While mobile devices like the Microsoft Surface Pro offer mobile users the ability to run native Windows software, the platform does not enjoy the ubiquity that Android does. With Wine for Android promising support for both Intel and ARM powered devices, users may soon be able to run Windows applications on Android, just like Wine lets Linux users do the same. At the FOSSDEM talk in Brussels this Sunday, Wine on Android was briefly demonstrated by Alexandre Julliard, the developer behind Wine, the software project that runs native Windows programs on Linux and other similar environments. The demo was cited to be slow, though, as it was run over an emulated Android environment and not an actual Android device, report...

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