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Dolphin, the free open-source GameCube and Wii emulator, released new 2609 version today after 3 months of development.<\/p>\n
The new Dolphin Emulator version mainly includes new features and fixes for Android users, while PC platform also get a few updates.<\/p>\n
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The release now supports NetPlay feature on Android devices, allowing for online play in games that only had local multiplayer.<\/p>\n
Currently, Android NetPlay<\/b> only works through a standard network (e.g., Wi-Fi, Ethernet, etc). While, the developer team has started working on Wi-Fi Direct support, which allow NetPlay between nearby devices with no network, similar to how the Nintendo DS’s local Wi-Fi play worked.<\/p>\n
Android and PC users can play together with NetPlay but with limitations. Due to different CPU architecture types, it uses different JITs that may cause desyncs.<\/p>\n
Also for Android, the release added the Wii Balance Board<\/b> support, allowing the peripheral and the 135 games that can use it to finally be playable in their balanced form for the first time ever on Dolphin Android.<\/p>\n image from dolphin-emu.org<\/p><\/div>\n For debugging purpose, the 2609 version added new “Show XFB Resolution<\/b>” option in the On-Screen Display settings page. With it enabled, you’ll see the game’s current resolution on-screen overlay in real time.<\/p>\n Other changes in Dolphin Emulator 2609 include:<\/p>\n For more changes, see the official announcement<\/a>, which also includes something about AI related bug-reports, and the macOS cryptominer incident.<\/p>\n The official packages for Linux, Windows, macOS, and Android are available to download in its website via the link below:<\/p>\n For Linux, select download the Flatpak<\/b> package, Then, open the Downloads folder in terminal, and run the command below to install it:<\/p>\n If the flatpak command does not found, then you need to enable Flatpak support<\/a> first, and then log out and back in to apply changes.<\/p>\n For Ubuntu user who prefer native Simply open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run commands below one by one to add PPA and install it:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/androidnetplaysync_thumb.webp\")
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How to Install Dolphin Emulator 2609<\/h3>\n
\nDownload Dolphin Emulator<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nx86_64<\/code> for Intel\/AMD, aarch64<\/code> for Snapdragon X Elite etc ARM64 processors.<\/p>\nflatpak install .\/dolphin-2609-*.flatpak<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n.deb<\/code> packages, I’ve built the new version into this unofficial PPA<\/a> for Ubuntu 24.04 and Ubuntu 22.04.<\/p>\nsudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/dolphin-emu\r\nsudo apt update\r\nsudo apt install dolphin-emu qt6-qpa-plugins qt6-wayland<\/pre>\n