The name Lepton appeared on Steam and SteamDB just a few weeks after Valve unveiled the Steam Frame headset, which will be able to run Android apps.  In our new interview with Valve’s Pierre-Loup Griffais, he mentioned the Frame uses “a similar compatibility layer as Proton, just targeted at Android.” [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/steam-lepton-header.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
View all comments ➔Show context ➔
  • Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    6 months

    We know that it started as a fork of Waydroid

    But:

    Update: While Lepton was based from Waydroid at the beginning

    It seems to be a lot more custom now. To the point where it’s being described as “not really Waydroid anymore” from those who are working on it

    • John Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6 months

      That is all really useful info to have. Google Play Games for Windows uses their own crosvm sandbox, which has a couple—but not many—hack-a-rounds to run regular apps & for Houdini (ARM translation). And Android source code makes multiple mentions of a container-based Android sandbox. What sucks is that Microsoft discontinued WSA & that Google won’t release a modern standard desktop-based Android layer because it is so “security-concious” (aka fragile) that they are worried about users abusing the APIs it exposes.