I hope so! Waydroid works on linux and on handsets, but since its still a container the android OS/apps still don't have full hardware access like direct Bluetooth, WiFi, etc. They pass internet, audio, and GPU acceleration to the waydroid container, but Bluetooth, WiFi, USB peripherals, etc are still locked to the host linux system. So having an android translation layer instead seems like it would be great for exposing all the hardware capabilities of the host system, to the android apps.

Here's to hoping postmarketOS gets audio, camera and VoLTE support added for the Fairphone 5, and Valve releases its android translation layer. That would make the Fairphone 5 a daily driver for basically anyone.

Unfortunately the trend is that those apps usually require play integrity api https://grapheneos.org/articles/attestation-compatibility-guide#apps-banning-grapheneos which requires that the app is running on a verified android(stock) device and custom ROMs can't run it same for waydroid.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/android-now-allows-apps-to-block-sideloading-and-push-a-google-play-version/

and its just starting, its about to get even worse https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html?m=1

for 45 minutes straight

No, make a Linux phone. With this compatability layer there's no more issues of not having enough apps, like what largely killed the Windows phone.

Yes, you can do this manually, and actually play video games from steam. There are also a few apps that facilitates this by having configured this already. Like winlator. Sadly maintaining something like this is huge work, so winlator doesn't ship video drivers for my Samsung S25, but there are some other similar programs, like the Chinese spyware gamehub. Gamehub is aimed at spying on you, and letting you run steam games with cloud saves and all.

Thankfully, someone is maintaining a stripped down version of gamehub, that removes spyware functions. This is called gamehub lite.

What's the performance. Its not amazing, but its not bad either. Haven't tested much, only hades 2 runs in full speed, without getting my phone hot.

Also on the same chip as my phone, read dead redemption 1 for PC runs faster than the newly released android port of the game.

These examples are not very demanding games, other games will very much be a ymmw situation

They said they'll start with Steam OS for ARM via their partner program. Same as with their x86 partnerships.

Given that they did have a beta for Steam on x86 Chromebooks, and Google seems hellbend to replace ChromeOS with an modified version of Android ("AluminiumOS") these days, it seems likely that Valve will also consider a release for that. I wouldn't expect them to make an official release for phones though.

https://www.androidauthority.com/run-desktop-linux-apps-on-android-how-to-3586539/

They're even wearing a 100 gecs - Frog on the Floor shirt in their Rainbow Frogs talk. (better view here)

Whaddup?

No, Waydroid merely used other projects wrapped in some crappy Python scripts & had a multitude of issues. If it is anything like Waydroid then I'll lose respect for Valve.

https://waydro.id/ is the basis for Lepton.

Asking the real questions.

we already had that, this is for the opposite use case.

That's because it just sounds cool... But for Valve, I assume the reason is that it's like the counterpart to Proton (protons are in the nucleus, and electrons are leptons)

Valve/Leapfrog collab?

you're hired!