CodeWeavers To Release CrossOver For Android To Run Windows Programs

An anonymous reader writes: For the better part of three years there has been talk about running Wine on Android to bring Windows x86 programs to Android phones/tablets, and it's going to become a reality. CodeWeavers is planning to release CrossOver For Android before the end of the year. This will allow native Windows binaries to run on Android, but will be limited to Android-x86 due to struggles in emulating x86 Windows code on ARM. The tech preview will be free and once published the open-source patches will be published for Wine.

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Who actually wants this?

[gstoddart]

For the better part of three years there has been talk about running Wine on Android to bring Windows x86 programs to Android phones/tablets, and it's going to become a reality. CodeWeavers is planning to release CrossOver For Android before the end of the year.

You know, if you want all this stuff ... then why the hell not buy a Windows laptop and get on with it?

At no point in my owning of a tablet or any other portable device have I ever said "wow, I would like to run the full bloated pile of crap which is legacy Windows" ... quite the contrary, I've found myself thinking "gee, isn't it great this now only takes 20 MB like it should?"

I'm just having a hard time thinking people really want this, or that we should be forced to buy Android devices with the specs of a desktop machine.

This just seems like it's taking everything which was good about starting from scratch on mobile platforms, and saying "oh, the heck with it, let's just turn it into a Wintel platform".

I figure this just leads to overly bloated installations of software which people don't really need on tablets in the first place.

What percentage of Android owners even remotely want any of this?