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- Google has added a mistake interface to the Terminal app in Android 16 Beta 3.
- The Terminal app allows you to run the Linux apps in a virtual machine on your Android device.
- Adding tabs makes it easier to multitask, as you can issue commands without having to wait for a process to complete.
With the last Pixel dropGoogle was finally introduced Linux terminal app As we have been tracking since last year. For those who are not known, the Linux Terminal app lets you run a full instance of Debian in a virtual machine, giving you access to many Linux apps that are not available on Android. However, the March update is just the first release of the Linux Terminal app, so it lacks many features. However, Google makes it a priority to improve the Linux Terminal app, and in the latest Android Beta release, the company has implemented a significant feature: Tabs support.
After installing the third beta of Android 16 That Google released earlier this week, we opened the Linux Terminal app and noticed that it now had a mistake interface. The tabs in the Terminal app are similar to a browser, with a title, a button to close them and a button to open new ones. The tabs can neither be reorganized nor renamed, but this is functionality that Google can add to future updates. The application supports opening many tabs as we managed to open 12 tabs without any problems.
The advantage of adding tabs is that it lets you multitask. If you run a command that will take a while to complete, you can open another tab to do other tasks. I think most people intuitively understand the benefit of tabs, so the inclusion in the Terminal app is a non-brasser.
Another new addition to the terminal app in Android 16 beta 3 is the “display” button. This button is intended to open the display activity, which allows users to run graphic Linux applications. However, graphic app support is currently disabled in Android 16 Beta 3, so the “Display” button is non -functional. For the curious, we demonstrated earlier Underfall in the Linux Terminal app Use this screen activity.
Since we shared a demo of Doom running in the Linux terminal, Google has made several improvements to the app, which is expected to be included in a future Android release. In particular include these improvements Speaker and microphone supportAs combined with hardware accelerated graphics will enable a wide range of useful Linux programs to run.
To try the Linux Terminal app, you must first Enable developer options on your Android device. Then activate the terminal by navigating to Settings> System> Development Options> Linux Development Environment and switches’(Experimental) Run the Linux terminal on Android‘. After returning to the Home screen, open the terminal app from the Applist. You are asked to download an ~ 567MB package containing the Debian image, which is then unpacked and run in a virtual machine using Android Virtualization Framework (AVF).
Let us know in the comments below what you think of Androids Linux Terminal -and what you are planning to use it for!