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Valve Lepton: It's been 5 months since we heard anything about Valve's Android compatibility layer for Linux. (lemmy.world)

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Is anyone else anxious about effortlessly running Android games & apps on Linux?

KDE Plasma mobile is integrating Waydroid and desktop Plasma is next.

Steam Machine's launch is imminent, Steam Frame is next. And with it, Lepton. Valve's way of running Android games on Linux.

Waydroid has been working fine for a while but it requires quite a lot of setup for the casual user. Anyone looking to avoid putting the effort will see their opportunity in the coming months. Thanks to both KDE & Valve.

I honestly don't know exactly what I'll do with it, but I freaking love that it is being made available. Personally, I won't be running any Android games, but my kids might want to. And I'm very motivated to try it. I think my biggest reason to be interested in it is the possibilities it opens for Linux phones.

Sure, Google's integrity API will still block some apps from even working, but the amount of mainstream apps that will work is immense.

For those curious about this: Do you have any specific reason for it or are you interested in the tech?

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's not going to be effortless. That's not really the goal. Anything that uses Google Play Services is going to be a problem still as the underlying service layer just mocks out those API calls a la Waydroid. They're working more on the FEX stuff from what I've seen in the repos.

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Google Pain Services*

[–] Amaterasu@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"Fex", that is where I'm a bit more excited. Playing Steam games on ARM and Risc-V can open opportunity to get better gaming handhelds.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

MacOS, phones, off-brand handhelds that run SteamOS...that's the goal.