Meta ports Cuttlefish to macOS Apple Silicon

Meta engineering teams have ported Cuttlefish, the Android Open Source Project’s virtual-device framework, to run natively on macOS with Apple silicon. By reviving QEMU support, relaxing vhost-user restrictions, expanding QEMU's HVF memory-tracking slots, and integrating native Cocoa display and code-signing paths, the company consolidated its emulator platforms. This change eliminates the operational burden of maintaining dual platforms, increases emulation fidelity for developers, and ensures alignment with continuous integration environments. Open article →