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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Christopher Harper

Windows 11 for Arm can run natively on specific Android smartphones — the test device heats up very fast, and battery life substantially decreases

U/anh0l running Windows 11 on Arm on his Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro.

Yesterday on Reddit, user anh0l uploaded an image of Windows 11 on Arm running on his personal Xiaomi Poco X3 smartphone. The smartphone keeps a split partition for the original Android operating system and even has a functioning UEFI.

There are still some major problems with Windows 11 on Arm with this smartphone, though—for example, the right side of the touchscreen has inverted controls, and the temperature range is uncomfortable for a smartphone and its battery, reaching a reported ~48 degrees Celsius (12 degrees Fahrenheit) in testing. There are reports of other Android smartphones reaching those temperature ranges without booting into Windows, which could also be a sign of the times.

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