Official Android support for microsoft lumia 950xl

Anonymous
2019-06-19T05:36:26+00:00

I'm die heart fan of windows phone specially 950xl device, but unfortunately Microsoft has decided to stop support this platform.

As Microsoft is going to drop support for window 10 mobile as off December 10, 2019, lots of applications will also drop a support for same specially whatsapp. So I recommend that Microsoft should officially release Android rom for lumia devices (mine is 950xl) so that at least windows users can migrate to android easily without  purchasing new android device ("Reusing hardware").

Or is there any way to install android (may be unofficial support) on lumia 950xl so that I can migrate from windows to android after December 10, 2019.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-04-08T07:30:51+00:00

    I do NOT want to migrate to android. Been there, seen that (many times!). Not anymore, thank you. It's officially rubbish. But I am only interested in support for Android on top of Windows in my 950XL because developers seems to have ignored the Windows platform in many applications due to reasons beyond me.

    Windows is a much better platform in any aspect and I hope it will make a comeback to active development this year. MS must do that

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  2. RedSpook-9082 4,765 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2020-03-27T08:33:11+00:00

    There is no way... unofficial, to install Android on any Lumia device

    Well, Android was successfully installed on a Lumia 52X and 720, so I doubt that there is no way to port Android to a Lumia device

    I guess your understanding of successful differs from mine. If it was that easy and made sense to do it surely someone would have done it already.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-26T23:15:51+00:00

    ...dealing with the small icons will make it difficult to enjoying the device high features.

    Well, just upscale the screen to 250-300%. And also, the default settings are 200%

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-26T23:06:28+00:00

    I too wish if MS reconsider and release an android emulator on Windows Phones to keep using the magnificent Lumia phones.

    There was a thing called "Project Astoria", but it was soon discontinued due to low performance

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-03-05T16:12:39+00:00

    I think Microsoft urgently need to re-evaluate their position on the mobile Windows future. It is an amazing OS, light years ahead of the Android cr*p, yet Microsoft decided to fold and play by its tune thus lowering its own quality bar??

    Lumia 950XL in 2020 still feels like a just-released high-end phone. It must not be abandoned! In fact I think it should be relaunched on the market, probably with some minor mods only.

    I do NOT need Android on my phone, only some of the apps that run on it. Unfortunately some devs (most, actually) have released only for the iOs/Android pair.

    Isn't it possible to have some sort of internal Android emulation similar to how Apple did with their apps in the late 1990s when they switched from PPC to Intel?

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