Switchroot plans to release Android on the Nintendo Switch within the next five days

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As the Nintendo Switch homebrew scene continues to develop at a rapid pace, one of the biggest feats has been the possibility of running Android OS on your Nintendo Switch console. Since the system runs on the Tegra X1 chipset, which coincidentally also powers the Nvidia Shield TV, scene developers have decided to invest their time into getting a form of Android working on the Nintendo Switch. Back in June, we got our first major tease as to just what that would mean for the community, with amazing possibilities such as watching media apps not normally available on the Switch's OS, using it as a comic reader, playing mobile games and apps, getting solid performance in emulators like DraStic, or playing games through remote play.

According to the team behind the project, they're looking at hopefully releasing their first public beta within the next five days. So, as excitement and anticipation builds, make sure to go grab an extra micro SD card, as the installation will require you to dedicate the entire contents of the micro SD to the installation. You can be certain that the moment the release drops, an informative news post here will quickly follow. For now, let us know what feature you're most excited to test out by using Android on your Switch!

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So with this we will now get

Full Speed DS emulation
Full Speed DC emulation
Saturn Emulation(not sure of the speed)
GC/Wii emulation(not sure of the speed)
Gamestreaming via Geforce Now/Moonlight(Which technically means full speed emulation for any system your pc is capable of emulating)
RPGMakerVX ports
Netflix(Even though it might only be 420p)
Native media player(Docked mode can output 4k/30fps so 4k movies on memory card should be able to be played through the likes of cNx player)

Am i missing anything?
 
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Random thought, hopefully someone can figure out how to fully unlock the speed of the Usb3.0 port in the back of the dock. Would be nice.
 

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So with this we will now get

Full Speed DS emulation
Full Speed DC emulation
Saturn Emulation(not sure of the speed)
GC/Wii emulation(not sure of the speed)
Gamestreaming via Geforce Now/Moonlight(Which technically means full speed emulation for any system your pc is capable of emulating)
RPGMakerVX ports
Netflix(Even though it might only be 420p)
Native media player(Docked mode can output 4k/30fps so 4k movies on memory card should be able to be played through the likes of cNx player)

Am i missing anything?

Kodi (is it still a thing?) Or those movie streaming apps such cyberflix
 

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I hope Steam Link app is a possibility sometime in the future, very exciting!

EDIT: Hopefully also dual booting on a single SD card will be supported someday as well, but still pumped.
Would be cool to use ps4 remote play with this
 
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I'd personally like to know about underclocking. Using the switch as a little mp3 player while travelling would be great.
 

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While true cpu overclocking would still be a necessity for the likes of dolphin. Any word on the range were gonna be able to overclock?
As noted in the XDA post, the CPU starts at 1ghz base, biased performance mode is clocked at 1.4ghz, and full performance clock is 1.7ghz

No idea on GPU clocks, though. I would guess stock Switch when it's undocked, but could probably go higher.
 

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question guys.. will the joycons be recognized as directly connected to the switch or will they be recoginzed as a bluetooth control? I'm asking this because of possible lagging on the inputs... thanks...

They connect via Bluetooth, although in my experience there is no lag whatsoever.
 
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damn, this is so epic
i hope i can get games like mario run running on this at full speed
i don't have an android myself so this would be a good substitute until i get one
 
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