Android-x86 team announced the upcoming Android-x86 9.0 version will allow users to install Android 9 Pie operating system on a personal computer.
Currently Android-x86 9.0 version of the development phase, can be run on 32-bit Android Pie (x86) and 64 (the x86_64) based computer Android 9 Pie (android-9.0.0_r50).
Android-x86 9.0 version not only re-built on Android 9 Pie on the operating system also introduces many enhancements, thanks to the latest Mesa 19.0.8 graphics stack that allows AMD, Intel, Nvidia and QEMU (virgl) the hardware acceleration, and by SwiftShader support OpenGL ES 3.0, the software can be rendered on an unsupported GPU.
In addition, Android-x86 9.0 version also pledged to support the Intel HD and G45 graphics card device hardware accelerated decoding, support from the UEFI disk security start-up and installation, GRUB-EFI bootloader supports themes, as well as audio, Bluetooth support, camera, Ethernet network (DHCP only), multi-touch, sensors and Wi-Fi support.
Other notable features Android-x86 9.0 release includes a new text-based GUI installer supports automatic install an external USB drive and SD card as well as through native bridging mechanism to support ARM applications in the "Settings"> " Android-x86 option.
The new version also adds new taskbar as a replacement starter, which supports free-form window mode, and start menu and system tray, and recently used applications on top of the screen, the default is no known case of the sensor device the direction enabled by default, and ultimately allow applications running on the longitudinal lateral device without rotating screen.
Android-x86 9.0也将实现对较新的Intel和AMD显卡的实验性Vulkan支持，可以在“高级选项”>“ Vulkan支持”中启用该功能。使用此版本，用户还可以最终从非官方版本进行升级。对于虚拟机，Android-x86 9.0将带来鼠标集成。
Android-x86 9.0 RC1目前已经开放下载。该预发行版本随附受长期支持的Linux 4.19.80内核，但仅建议用于测试目的，而不用于任何生产工作。为了提高应用程序兼容性，此版本还将通过以太网模拟Wi-Fi适配器。
来源：cnBeta