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TL;DR

  • Google has started rolling out a new GPU driver for the Pixel 10 series with Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1.
  • The update aligns with Imagination’s August driver release and brings Android 16 and Vulkan 1.4 support.
  • While real-world performance gains remain unconfirmed, the update should reach stable builds in a future Pixel Drop
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[–] kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

Too bad android gaming sucks as much as 10 years ago

[–] Zangoose@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

There are android apps combining fex/box64 with proton in order to run full Windows games now. Android may actually be a semi-viable gaming platform in the near future.

GameNative is one that works as a full steam client but there are a few others that give you more control like Winlator (both on GitHub)

You can actually play games pretty decently on them, especially indies like hollow knight and Celeste.

[–] limerod@reddthat.com 1 points 4 hours ago

There are decent paid native games on android. You can try those.

[–] cron@feddit.org 9 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe take a look at emulators then? Modern phones are capable of running many retro games, including WII and PS2 games.

Additionally, it is possible to run PC games.

[–] Jessvj93@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Yep got myself a nice controller for the phone and use it for emulator heaven and Moonlight.

[–] kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

That's basically all I play on my phone, but it doesn't qualify as "android gaming" IMO.

[–] ApertureUA@lemmy.today 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

osu!stream is peak mobile gaming

...though I literally cannot name any more examples. And that game doesn't need Vulkan.