Windows now runs on the iPhone Duo without a jailbreak
The project, called WindowsiOS, comes from Ammaar Reshi, who leads product and design at Google AI Studio. He posted a demo on X this week and shared the full source code on GitHub, too. The demo shows a retail copy of Windows 11 24H2 running Microsoft Edge and Google's Antigravity... Read Entire Article
Microsoft has managed to run the full desktop version of Windows 11 on Apple's iPhone Duo without the need for a jailbreak. The achievement was made possible by Ammaar Reshi, who leads product and design at Google AI Studio. Reshi developed a project called WindowsiOS, which translates Windows Arm code into a format that the iPhone Duo's A20 Pro chip can run directly.
The result is a foldable device that can switch between iPhone and desktop mode, with the latter utilizing a 7.6-inch display and a keyboard and trackpad on the bottom screen. So far, Windows 11 24H2 has been able to run Google's Antigravity coding app and Microsoft Edge with touch controls. While the project uses hardware virtualization, it relies on an unofficial workaround to access executable memory, as Apple has previously removed hypervisor access from stock iOS.
Despite the impressive results, the demo has not been benchmarked, and it only runs on the iPhone Duo. Additionally, the device is limited to 4.5GB of the phone's 12GB RAM, as Reshi stripped down Windows to minimize background services.
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