alt Hacker NewsIs this for real? Do you have any more info on this? It seems crazy to me given how popular their chips are and how many problems I’d imagine this creates
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fulafel • today at 6:29 AM
Some more info in this comment and good search terms for further research as well. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38091082
pierrec • today at 12:05 AM
It shouldn't be problematic if the processor supports it well. For example modern Windows is always running as a VM and people are barely aware of that.
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asutor • yesterday at 9:42 PM
Using an S24 here and yeah, not available with Android 16
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The other HN comment already has some info, but from what I remember from r/android threads, it's because qualcomm doesn't allow unsecure (sic? unencrypted?) VMs, which, ironically, are needed to run nested Linux.
Disclaimer, my memory on the exact terminology is extremely fuzzy. But pixels with tensor can run it just fine. And it's purely a software thing too, btw.