Redmi Note 12 4G

Developers have managed to boot Apple's iOS 16 on a Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 4G, an Android phone, according to Gizchina. The port lets tinkerers experiment with the installation, though it is a hack rather than an official release and likely lacks full functionality. The project is drawing attention for its novelty, as running Apple's mobile operating system on non-Apple hardware is rare and technically challenging.

A developer has reportedly got iOS 16.7.16 running natively on a Redmi Note 12 4G, without an emulator. Apple's XNU kernel boots on the Qualcomm-powered Android phone, with Wi-Fi said to be working, though the system clock resets to December 31 on every restart. The feat is drawing attention as a rare example of Apple's mobile OS running on non-Apple hardware.