Qualcomm could finally fix a major issue with PC emulation on Android

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TL;DR

• Qualcomm reportedly plans to improve support for PC game emulation on Android devices via its official GPU drivers.
• The company is also apparently thinking about bringing DirectX12 support to its GPU drivers on Android.
• This could potentially result in better performance and improved compatibility for PC games running on Android.

There’s no shortage of PC gaming emulators on Android, allowing you to run a variety of games on your phone, tablet, or handheld. However, you often need to install unofficial GPU drivers for the best performance and compatibility. Fortunately, it sounds like Qualcomm could bring improvements in this regard.

Tech YouTuber Geekerwan reports that Qualcomm plans to improve support for PC game emulation on Android via its official GPU drivers. The YouTuber noted that they tried Cyberpunk 2077 and Black Myth: Wukong on a phone with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 series chip. They reported that both games ran properly in DirectX12 mode using a translation layer.




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