A user attracted great attention on social media by installing Windows 11 on the Poco X3. This development reveals the progress in ARM-based Windows technology. The phone hosted both Android and Windows 11 installation at the same time using a dual-pane structure. UEFI support on the device also improved the experience.
Windows 11 era in Arm-based phones
While this method is promising, there are some significant obstacles. The most notable problem was that the touch controls on the right side of the screen were malfunctioning and the temperature of the device reached up to 48 degrees Celsius during the test. This is quite high for a smartphone.
However, the user was able to perform tasks such as animation with Blender 3.6 LTS and test the operating system using a mouse. The 120Hz refresh rate of the display was also recognized by the system. He was even able to run older games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
It has been claimed that Apple will not prefer the notch design that has been used for a long time in the OLED MacBook Pros that will be released in 2026.
The main reason for the success of this method is Microsoft’s investment in ARM-based Windows, which focuses on Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. While smartphones with Snapdragon 800 series or newer processors appear compatible, it is thought that it will not work on older Snapdragon models.
The Snapdragon processors found in both Windows on ARM laptops and Android devices have similar underlying architectures, making this method viable. However, driver support is still under development and virtualization-related applications and features such as WSL are currently not fully functional.
