Windows on ARM on a Smart Watch

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⬅️ Go back Windows on ARM (ARM as defined by the cambridge dictionary, not the cambridge based firm) Last updated: 3/31/2025 - 10:57 PM UTC+2 EDIT 4/1/2025 - 10:20 PM UTC+2: This is/was serious, and is not a joke. This is UEFI on Pixel Watch 3 with ability to boot Windows and Linux. See mu_seluna_platforms if you are interested in the code making this *tick* (badum tss) TL;DR: Pixel Watch Guides on WOA-Project Github organisation Also there is a section at the bottom outlining other things I am releasing at the end of this week. Scroll down if you do not care about the time 😉 Many years of spending, sorry, losing time making Windows on ARM run on anything not a computer, I started getting bored What could be the next project really? Years of wondering about, diverging into foldables out of all things, I still couldnt let go of my head that something else could be done, something more, evident, something more stupid, sorry, something more useful. Something I had not figured out yet. Thousands of hours rambling online, including with old people, I still couldnt work it out... ...and then it came to me The answer was ALWAYS under my eyes. Yes! Making windows run on an ARM! To be more exact, on a smartwatch How did I never think of this before! And so can you! Yes, for real, see Pixel Watch Guides on WOA-Project Github organisation And what is here not to love about smartwatches in 2025? Afterall, they are as powerful if not more than some devices you own. Here's a small description of the real estate we are even dealing with: Quad core sixty four bits ARM Cortex A53 cluster 2 whole GBs of DDR4X RAM 32GB of eMMC storage Adreno 702 Graphics (this thing even has raytracing!) clocked at a whoping 1Ghz (perfect for gaming on the go!) 456x456 OLED Coated Curved (fancy! not even phones do that anymore) and ✨ Rounded ✨ display (wow!) More rounded than your iPhone Ultra high speed LTE modem onboard (on some models only) USB. Yes, your charger does USB Audio High end WiFi 6E and...

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