 Hey there, it's James with The Verge and I'm here at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona looking at the Remix OS, a version of Android that basically functions like a desktop operating system. So it's got everything you'd expect from the Android mobile operating system, that means you have apps like we've got Clash of Clans here, we've got Twitter, we've got YouTube down here, but it adds the sort of interface elements you'd expect from a desktop. I mean there's windows that you can drag about, you can minimise them, you can open them up and then close them down. There's a taskbar down at the bottom here, if you go down to the bottom left, open that up, you've got all your apps and app drawer that functions quite a lot like a start menu. And then you can also do things that you just cannot do on Android with touch, which is drag and drop, move images over, move them back and forth, basically everything you'd do on a desktop operating system. The company behind this, Jai, first released this in CES earlier this year in an alpha. Now, today, they've announced that the beta is going to be coming out and available to download for free from March 1st. Now, you can put this on pretty much any desktop computer. The alpha had support for an x86 systems, while the beta adds support for older 32-bit systems. It also brings in a few bug fixes and adds over-the-air updates. That means you can keep your version of RemixOS up to date without too much fuss. You can wham it onto a flash disk, stick that into a computer and you've got Android in a computer. So, there are still a few challenges when it comes to using RemixOS. Google is currently examining the software, but at the moment, they're not giving integrated support for Google Play services and the App Store. You can sideload these yourself at home, but it's just another step before you can get it up and running. Jyad, though, says that that's going to be fixed by the time the full release comes out in the next three to six months. The company is also working with a number of hardware and software partners to increase the availability and the amount of programs you can use on it. For more on RemixOS and other products from Mobile World Congress, you can check out theverge.com or youtube.com for which last the Verge.
 Hey there, it's James with The Verge and I'm here at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
 looking at the Remix OS, a version of Android that basically functions like a desktop operating
 system. So it's got everything you'd expect from the Android mobile operating system,
 that means you have apps like we've got Clash of Clans here, we've got Twitter, we've got
 YouTube down here, but it adds the sort of interface elements you'd expect from a desktop.
 I mean there's windows that you can drag about, you can minimise them, you can open them up
 and then close them down. There's a taskbar down at the bottom here, if you go down to
 the bottom left, open that up, you've got all your apps and app drawer that functions
 quite a lot like a start menu. And then you can also do things that you just cannot do
 on Android with touch, which is drag and drop, move images over, move them back and forth,
 basically everything you'd do on a desktop operating system. The company behind this,
 Jai, first released this in CES earlier this year in an alpha. Now, today, they've announced
 that the beta is going to be coming out and available to download for free from March
 1st. Now, you can put this on pretty much any desktop computer. The alpha had support
 for an x86 systems, while the beta adds support for older 32-bit systems. It also brings in
 a few bug fixes and adds over-the-air updates. That means you can keep your version of RemixOS
 up to date without too much fuss. You can wham it onto a flash disk, stick that into
 a computer and you've got Android in a computer. So, there are still a few challenges when
 it comes to using RemixOS. Google is currently examining the software, but at the moment,
 they're not giving integrated support for Google Play services and the App Store. You
 can sideload these yourself at home, but it's just another step before you can get it up
 and running. Jyad, though, says that that's going to be fixed by the time the full release
 comes out in the next three to six months. The company is also working with a number
 of hardware and software partners to increase the availability and the amount of programs
 you can use on it. For more on RemixOS and other products from Mobile World Congress,
 you can check out theverge.com or youtube.com for which last the Verge.