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TL;DR
- The latest update to the Citron emulator now offers Snapdragon 8 Elite GPU support.
- This means your Snapdragon 8 Elite phone should see better performance and fewer bugs with the Switch emulator.
- This update also brings support for Windows on Arm devices as well as a variety of other optimizations and fixes.
Citron is effectively a fork of the shuttered Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator, and it received a major update earlier this year. Now, the Citron team has released another update, and there’s good news if you have a Snapdragon 8 Elite phone.
The Citron team announced the availability of the v0.11.0 update this week, and the headline addition might be Snapdragon 8 Elite GPU support. The changelog specifically points to optimizations for the 8 Elite GPU, improved shader execution and compilation on Adreno GPUs in general, and an “optimized rendering pipeline” for high-end Android devices. These changes should result in better performance and fewer bugs if you have a Galaxy S25 series phone, OnePlus 13, or another Snapdragon 8 Elite device.