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IN PHOTO. A man types on a computer keyboard in this Feb. 28, 2013 illustration file picture Reuters/ Kacper Pempel

Android is quite popular among mobile device users and is a leading OS in mobiles. Now, however, PC users have the chance to try out the Android experience for themselves.

Android-x86 developers recently unveiled an Android 5.1 Lollipop Release Candidate or RC -- the first ever for PCs, according to Tech Times. This RC build is reportedly based on the Android 5.1.1 r24 Lollipop software. This update is expected to be very stable once it comes out considering it features a handful of bug fixes.

"This is the first ever release candidate for Android-x86 4.1 (Lollipop-x86) stable release”, developers stated on the Android-x86 website. "We added many x86-specified codes and fixed issues to let the system run smoothly on x86 platforms, especially for netbooks or tablets”.

Developers have already installed the Android 5.1 Lollipop release candidate for PCs on ASUS Eee PCs, the ThinkPad x61 tablet from Lenovo and the Dell Inspiron Mini Duo.

Tech users looking forward to this update must make use of a Windows-enabled netbook or a rarely used laptop -- just to be safe. The build's ISO file must first be downloaded and burned to a DVD. The download can be used as an installer this way. An alternate method of saving this file is doing so with a USB drive.

Since the Linux 4.0.0 kernel powers the first release candidate build for Android-x86 5, it’s only fair to expect the update will sport multi-touch features; UEFI disc installation; Wi-Fi sensors; Bluetooth; camera; audio; Ethernet capabilities; 64 bit kernels; as well as other features.

The report also said the RC will support auto-mounting of USB drives and external MicroSD card plus OpenGL ES hardware acceleration. External storage devices such as SD cards and USB drives were formatted with the use of ExFAT, EXT4, NTFS and VFAT systems.

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