Just yesterday I talked about how well Windows 11 adapted to a smartphone that even had the ability to make and receive calls. In this specific case it was an experiment with Lumia 950 XL. Today there is more good news. This is because not everyone has a Lumia 950 XL at home, many have a smartphone from other, more mainstream manufacturers. That said, here’s Windows 11 running on Xiaomi and OnePlus smartphones. This is thanks to the work of a group of programmers that paves the way for many new features!
Windows 11 is coming to Xiaomi and OnePlus smartphones!
Microsoft recently unveiled the Windows 11 Preview to insiders and of course many enthusiasts started experimenting right away. One of them was installing Windows 11 on smartphones.
These efforts are still in their infancy. So of course this is perfectly natural. But with time everything will work out better and better. And look, it’s not even very difficult to get Windows up and running.
The person responsible for the project Renegade told the site Windows Latest that Windows 11 ARM64 can be installed on Snapdragon 845 smartphones. Snapdragon 855 is partially supported by the port. edk2-sm8150.
Thanks to the work done by the Renegade team, it was possible to fix Windows 11 on the OnePlus 6T and Xiaomi Mi 8. However, many parts of the operating system do not work well. For example, unlike what happened in Lumia, it was not possible to activate calls.
To run this operating system on Android smartphones, the programmers created their own drivers and tools.
It’s true that Microsoft didn’t properly design Windows 11 to run on smartphones. However, the support given by this operating system to the ARM architecture makes this easily possible.
Another interesting detail is that Windows 11 adapts very well to smartphones. In fact it looks made for them.
Already in the Nokia equipment things went well. So Interestingly and despite Windows being officially developed for tablets and computers, the operating system adapted extremely well to the smartphone. The Lumia 950 XL which has a 5.7 inch screen was able to boot the new Windows and everything went really well.
The start menu works as it should and even the animations are intact. Furthermore, Windows 11 responds very well. However, the programmer managed to enable mobile connectivity using Windows 10 Mobile drivers. In other words, this brought native calls and messages to this operating system.
However if you want to install Windows 11 on a computer you have on here a complete tutorial.
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