The first Snapdragon phone with Android Linux Terminal support is here - 9to5Google
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The Redmagic 12 Pro is the first Snapdragon-based Android phone to support the Linux Terminal introduced in Android 16 for Pixel phones.
Android power users who want a new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6-powered phone like the Redmagic 12 Pro now have another reason to be excited about the latest Qualcomm processors: the Android Linux Terminal.
Thanks to tipster Dylan H, who wrote in asking about compatibility. After enabling the Android Linux Terminal and running a few commands to check compatibility, I found out that the Redmagic 12 Pro does, indeed, support the Linux Terminal app. I’ve written Qualcomm asking about wider Snapdragon support for Linux Terminal and will update this article if I receive a response.
Google introduced the Terminal app as a power user feature in the Android 16 update for Pixel phones, and Samsung added support in One UI 8.5 for Exynos-powered Galaxy S26 models. So far, however, Snapdragon phones have not appeared on the compatibility list.
Massive development. Anybody who's used the terminal on a Pixel 10 Pro understands the importance of being able to run Linux applications in the command line or in a desktop environment with GPU acceleration. After this, any phone that can't run a full Linux server shouldn't be able to be called a smartphone.
This is legitimately the ultimate power user feature on any phone and it doesn't even require root.
It's shocking how few people understand the true power of this.
Linux Terminal support has been slowly building on Google platforms. Googlebooks sort of support it, and now it appears that more Android phones will support it as well. The implementation on the Redmagic 12 Pro seems slightly different from what’s on Exynos-powered Samsung phones, as you cannot adjust the disk size (it’s locked…
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