The OS enables OpenGL ES hardware acceleration via Mesa if supported GPUs are detected, including Intel GMA, AMD's Radeon, Nvidia's chipsets (Nouveau), VMware (vmwgfx) and QEMU (virgl).

[11] Like a normal Linux distribution, the project releases pre-built ISO images which can run under live mode or installed to a hard disk on the target system.

[15] A related project, Celadon (formerly Android-IA)[16] has been produced by Intel that will run on newer UEFI devices.

The project states that its intention is to drive Android support and innovation on Intel Architecture in addition to providing a venue for collaboration.

Jide Technologies partnered with Chih-Wei Huang, the main developer of Android-x86, on Remix OS, a closed-source derivative of Android-x86 designed for use on conventional PCs.