{"id":774664,"date":"2026-07-02T03:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/774664\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T03:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:45:13","slug":"android-linux-terminal-adds-new-console-options-in-qpr1-beta-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/774664\/","title":{"rendered":"Android Linux Terminal adds new console options in QPR1 Beta 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andy Walker \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

TL;DR<\/p>\n

Android 17 QPR1 Beta 5 introduces a couple changes to the system\u2019s Linux Terminal app.
\nTheming picks up a new setting for adjusting font size.
\nUsers can also now choose between the classic ttyd and a virtio console.<\/p>\n

Android\u2019s Linux Terminal<\/a> is arguably one of the platform\u2019s most overlooked features \u2014 not that that\u2019s particularly shocking. Modern phones are all about gesture controls and increasingly abstract UIs, while a terminal interface is just about as far removed from that as you can get. For users who do take the time to tap into all the Terminal app can do<\/a>, we\u2019ve got some interesting news to share, as we take an early look at a couple changes.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re reading an Authority Insights<\/a> story. Authority Insights brings you all the latest exclusive reports, app teardowns, leaks, and in-depth tech coverage from the Android Authority team that you won\u2019t find anywhere else.<\/p>\n

The new stuff we\u2019re checking out today first came to our attention in Android 17 QPR1 Beta 5<\/a>. First up, we\u2019ve got a small quality-of-life tweak: Google is adding the ability to select a custom font size. Considering just how heavily the Terminal app relies on text, this one feels like a bit of a no-brainer.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll find the new font size option within the app\u2019s Theming settings. Our second change is quite a bit more technical than this one. The app\u2019s preparing an option to let you choose between the ttyd console you have now, and a virtio console.<\/p>\n

Virtio is a high-speed interface for virtual machines that theoretically offers performance benefits over the legacy ttyd interface. But as you can see from the warning messages the Terminal app throws up when it\u2019s selected, going this route also means abandoning some of the extra niceties offered by ttyd, like support for multiple console tabs.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s also the small, minor technicality of us not being able to get it to work at all at the moment. Switching over to virtio-console just constantly spits out error messages and gives us a boot log full of corrupted text. We imagine there\u2019s probably a way to take advantage of this that\u2019s less of a complete mess, but that\u2019s going to take someone with a little more Linux-fu than we have to work out.<\/p>\n

With both these changes showing up QPR1 Beta 5, odds are good that we\u2019ll see them go wide in just a few more months with Google\u2019s September Feature Drop.<\/p>\n

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