{
  "id": 15898740,
  "title": "Forget custom ROMs, you can now run iOS on Android phones",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/forget-custom-roms-you-can-now-run-ios-on-android-phones",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-21T13:09:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/ios-on-android-phones-3726001/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Some developers have discovered a method to run iOS on Android phones. The technique involves imitating the device drivers of an iPhone X and executing a modified version of the iPhone X's XNU kernel. While most components don't yet function properly, developers are working to make them usable one by one.\n\nCurrently, many popular Android skins mimic iOS in terms of appearance, but the concept of genuine iOS running on Android devices is a new development. The inspiration for this project, dubbed \"Hackios,\" draws parallels to the Hackintosh movement, which involves running macOS on non-Apple hardware. The initiative originated from a GitHub project named \"iow-sweet,\" which swaps Android's default Linux kernel for Apple's XNU kernel, used in iPhones and iPads.",
  "summary": "Not using emulation or a sandboxed environment. The real deal!",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}