Emulator-ception: People are running an emulator inside an emulator on Android

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Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android AuthorityTL;DRSome Android gamers are running the Xenia emulator inside GameHub or Winlator to play Xbox 360 games on their phones.Many tested games have very poor performance, although a few titles do seem to run at a playable frame rate.The good news is that an Xbox 360 emulator is in the works for Android.There’s no shortage of quality emulators on Android today, allowing you to run everything from NES and PlayStation 3 games to PC titles. But what if you want to run an Xbox 360 emulator on your Android phone? There is one project in the pipeline, but enterprising users have tried one extreme solution in recent months.The Winlator and GameHub apps let you run PC games and apps on Android, but a few users have also installed the Xenia emulator for PC via these apps so they can play Xbox 360 games on their phones. In other words, they’re effectively running an emulator inside an emulator.