by dbadmin | Aug 13, 2025 | Authority Insights, Features, Linux
An upcoming Android update will significantly upgrade the Linux Terminal app, enabling it to run full-fledged graphical Linux programs on supported devices. The feature is currently experimental, requiring a Pixel 6 or newer on a specific Android Canary build and...
by dbadmin | Jul 28, 2025 | Android, Authority Insights, Linux, News
Google has revealed that it’s developing a Linux Terminal app to transform Android into a platform for on-device app development and eventually gaming. The app runs a Debian Linux environment in a virtual machine on select Android devices. Recent Android builds can...
by dbadmin | Jul 25, 2025 | Android Canary, Linux, News
Android’s Linux Terminal app can now run graphical Linux apps in the latest Canary build, a major step forward for the feature. A new “Display” button launches a graphical environment, letting users run full desktop apps that aren’t available on Android. Hardware...
by dbadmin | Jul 17, 2025 | Linux, News, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7
Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Flip 7 is the first non-Pixel phone to support Google’s Linux Terminal app, but the feature is curiously missing from the Z Fold 7. The app requires a non-protected virtual machine, which the Z Flip 7’s Exynos chip supports but the Z Fold 7’s...
by dbadmin | Jun 7, 2025 | Android, Google Pixel, Guides, Linux
One of Google’s significant innovations that has gone largely unnoticed this year was the rollout of Linux Terminal support baked right into Android. If you own a Pixel and are running the latest stable version of Android, you can enable the app and open up a world of...
by dbadmin | May 20, 2025 | Android, Features, Google Pixel, Linux
Google Pixels can claim many exclusive features, including camera modes like Best Take and Add Me, and UI additions like At A Glance. But it can now add another feature to the list: the Linux Terminal app. Rolled out to Pixels with the March 2025 Pixel Drop update,...
