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Windows… on a phone?
What a novel concept.
The POCO X3 Pro ships with Android but an enthusiast made it run Windows 11.
A Reddit user known as anh0l managed torun Windows 11 on a smartphone.
The feat took a few attempts and hours of work, and the result isn’t perfect.
But that’s understandable when forcing a PC operating system onto a phone that ships with Android.
Considering that the work was done in roughly eight hours, the end result is impressive.
Windows 11 is shown on aPOCO X3 Pro, which runs on a Snapdragon 860 processor.
I was mistaken," said anh0l.
But finally, after 3 attempts i managed to get it running pretty smooth."
Windows 11 was put on the Mi POCO X3 Pro through “Project Renegade.”
The end result may not be great, and you could end up breaking your machine.
This is not the first project to see Windows 11 or Windows 10 on a smartphone.
Setting aside any official efforts by Microsoft, enthusiasts and developers have hacked Windows onto mobile devices for years.
Perhaps most famously, Gustave Monce has a project that placedWindows 11 on Surface Duo.
With no new hardware or official support for Windows Phone, enthusiasts have searched for alternatives.
Some may say we talk about Windows Phone too much here.
After all, Microsoft hasn’t released a smartphone running a Windows OS in over half a decade.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admitspulling the plug on Windows Phone was a “strategic mistake.
“That’s become obvious as AI has become more prevalent.
Our Jez Corden explained why theAI era has made it clearer that Microsoft killing Windows Phone was a mistake.
EvenWindows 11 widgets have suffered from the lack of a mobile operatingsystem based on Windows.
