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this is Android on an iPhone a developer by the name of Nick Lee has figured out a way to have Android running on an iPhone in the past li installed Windows 95 on an Apple watch so how did he manage to get Google's mobile operating system on Apple hardware since an Android is open-source Lee used a number of components to get an Android device to communicate with an iOS device he also used software to get an android screen from an android device onto an iPhone Lee then picked up an Android development board which is a device that can run Android without a screen he tacks a battery pack to the board and a lightning cable between the board and the iPhone to make everything pretty Lee printed a 3d enclosure for the board the result was a pretty hefty case after a redesigned some of the heft was removed and what's left is about some to the size of a battery case for an iPhone so how does the iPhone interact with the case I asked Nick Lee directly he told me the iPhone speaks to the Android case through the Lightning connector a custom built app forwards the users touches from the iPhone to the Android device and then receives the Android content back Lee says there are no plans at the moment to sell cases with Android for iPhones but he is trying to gauge interest would you be interested in an iPhone running Android I know I am I'm Maya's akhtar you can keep up with the hottest tech news at cnet.com slash