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==== For “Linux on a PC: I want an Android emulator” ====
→ Use something like:
* Waydroid (best integrated “Android apps on Linux” experience today).
* Or a full Android-x86 VM via KVM/QEMU if you want more isolation / purity.

For “Could Tesla run Android apps on the car tablet?”
* Technically: yes, it’s absolutely possible. They could: - run Android in a container or VM on top of their existing Linux - integrate it through Wayland / their compositor - expose a Tesla-curated app store for safe, allowed apps.
* In reality: - It’s a huge engineering and product effort, - It opens a ton of security, UX, and liability problems, - And it conflicts with Tesla’s current “tightly controlled, custom stack” strategy.

That’s why we see Android-based cars (Polestar, some VW models, Volvo, etc. using Android Automotive OS), but not “Linux-based car + general Android emulator for random apps”.

If you want, I can sketch what a hypothetical “Tesla Android layer” architecture could look like (VM vs container, IPC between Android and the native UI, how to gate apps by driving state, etc.).