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--></ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2152540/android-on-the-big-screen-we-chew-up-and-spit-out-three-jelly-bean-all-in-one-pcs.html|title=Three Android all-in-one PCs reviewed|author=Michael Brown|date=May 8, 2014|work=PCWorld|access-date=November 1, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028170619/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2152540/android-on-the-big-screen-we-chew-up-and-spit-out-three-jelly-bean-all-in-one-pcs.html|archive-date=October 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techspot.com/review/805-acer-ta272-hul-android-aio/|title=Acer TA272 HUL Android All-in-One Review|author=Shawn Knight|work=TechSpot|date=April 16, 2014 |access-date=November 1, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028215542/http://www.techspot.com/review/805-acer-ta272-hul-android-aio/|archive-date=October 28, 2014}}</ref> In addition to their availability on commercially available hardware, similar PC hardware-friendly versions of Android are freely available from the Android-x86 project, including customized Android&nbsp;4.4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.android-x86.org/releases/releasenote-4-4-r1|title=ReleaseNote 4.4-r1 – Android-x86 – Porting Android to x86|access-date=November 1, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028173131/http://www.android-x86.org/releases/releasenote-4-4-r1|archive-date=October 28, 2014}}</ref> Using the Android emulator that is part of the [[Android SDK]], or third-party emulators, Android can also run non-natively on x86 architectures.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.howtogeek.com/179691/4-ways-to-run-android-on-your-pc-and-make-your-own-dual-os-system/ |title=4 Ways to Run Android on Your PC and Make Your Own "Dual OS" System |publisher=Howtogeek.com |date=January 13, 2014 |access-date=April 7, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084905/http://www.howtogeek.com/179691/4-ways-to-run-android-on-your-pc-and-make-your-own-dual-os-system/ |archive-date=April 7, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Brad Chacos |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2048220/hybrid-hijinks-how-to-install-android-on-your-pc.html |title=Hybrid hijinks: How to install Android on your PC |publisher=PCWorld |date=September 6, 2013 |access-date=April 7, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071525/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048220/hybrid-hijinks-how-to-install-android-on-your-pc.html |archive-date=April 7, 2014 }}</ref> Chinese companies are building a PC and mobile operating system, based on Android, to "compete directly with Microsoft Windows and Google Android".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/08/25/technology/security/china-os/|title=China ditching Windows and Android for its own operating system|author=Jose Pagliery|date=August 25, 2014|work=CNNMoney|access-date=November 1, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028171711/https://money.cnn.com/2014/08/25/technology/security/china-os/|archive-date=October 28, 2014}}</ref> The Chinese Academy of Engineering noted that "more than a dozen" companies were customizing Android following a Chinese ban on the use of Windows 8 on government PCs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28928369|title=BBC News – China plans new PC operating system in October|work=BBC News|date=August 25, 2014|access-date=November 1, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112054354/http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28928369|archive-date=November 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324539404578342132324098420|title=China Criticizes Android's Dominance|author=Paul Mozur|date=March 5, 2013|work=WSJ|access-date=November 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-technology-idUSKBN0GO08H20140824|title=China targets own operating system to take on likes of Microsoft, Google|work=Reuters|date=August 24, 2014|access-date=November 1, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028173428/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/24/us-china-technology-idUSKBN0GO08H20140824|archive-date=October 28, 2014}}</ref>
 
== Devices ==
 
== {{anchor|AOSP}}Development ==