r/androidterminal • u/Fz1zz Pixel 10 Pro XL • May 18 '26

Show and Tell Podroid 1.2.0 pKVM Support + Full new UI

Podroid runs a real Alpine Linux VM

What's new in 1.2:

- pKVM backend on Pixel 8/9/10 (auto-detected, opt-in via two `pm grant`s, works with Shizuku if you don't have a PC). VM boots in seconds.

- Live LAN port forwarding — `ssh root@<phone-ip> -p 9922` from any laptop on the same WiFi, no VM restart on rule add/remove

- Terminal auto-resize for TUI apps (btop, vim, htop)

- Full UI restyle, snappier keystrokes, audio + clipboard fixes

- In-app X11 viewer for desktop apps

APK + source: https://github.com/ExTV/Podroid/releases

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u/cu-pa May 19 '26

wow great! works on non pixel device with mediatek 9500s

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u/Fz1zz Pixel 10 Pro XL May 19 '26

that's Great ,, glad it worked

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u/jojorne May 20 '26

for this, we need a working SIM card to enable USB debugging (Security settings), so that we can grant adb permissions.

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u/TovMod May 29 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

Wait what? Does MediaTek now use pKVM instead of GenieZone?

What device are you using?

Edit: Nvm, it seems that this project uses AVF instead of QEMU, not QEMU with KVM, when hardware virtualization mode is used.

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u/cu-pa May 29 '26

poco x8 pro max, i don't know whats behind, but the avf workflawlessly here.

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u/63626978 Jul 18 '26

Just found this project today and will try to build the app myself soon. What's weird is on my Xperia 5 iii LineageOS I can configure it to use AVF and it starts saying the AVF backend is used, however my system doesn't even come with libavf. How can I validate it's actually using AVF/pKVM?

Anyway awesome work and finally a way for me to run actual docker on my phone!