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Platforms

While Vulkan runs on many platforms, each has small variations on how Vulkan is managed.

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Android

The Vulkan API is available on any Android device starting with API level 24 (Android Nougat), however not all devices will have a Vulkan driver.

Android uses its Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) to find the Vulkan Driver in a predefined path.

All 64-bit devices that were released with API level 29 (Android Q) or later must include a Vulkan 1.1 driver.

BSD Unix

Vulkan is supported on many BSD Unix distributions.

Fuchsia

Vulkan is supported on the Fuchsia operation system.

iOS

Vulkan is not natively supported on iOS, but can still be targeted with Vulkan Portability Tools.

Linux

Vulkan is supported on many Linux distributions.

MacOS

Vulkan is not natively supported on MacOS, but can still be targeted with Vulkan Portability Tools.

Nintendo Switch

The Nintendo Switch runs an NVIDIA Tegra chipset that supports native Vulkan.

QNX

Vulkan is supported on QNX operation system.

Windows

Vulkan is supported on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11.

Others

Some embedded systems support Vulkan by allowing presentation directly-to-display.