The original Google Nexus 7 may be more than a decade removed from its Android 4.1 Jelly Bean debut, but a new video suggests it has been made to display a very different tablet interface: Apple’s iOS 6. In the clip, posted by @XXiao2204 on X, the ASUS-built 7-inch tablet appears to be running the older Apple Settings app and its period-correct menus.
That makes the experiment particularly unusual for tablet enthusiasts. The 2012 Nexus 7 used NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 processor and 1GB of RAM, while iOS 6 arrived in the same year for Apple hardware. The software predates iOS 7’s major visual redesign, leaving the Nexus 7 with the skeuomorphic controls and settings layout associated with early iPads.
A convincing interface demo, with key questions still open
The video appears to show gesture-based navigation working despite the Nexus 7 lacking a physical Home button. However, it does not establish how complete the claimed port is, or whether the interface is running directly on the tablet hardware rather than through another method.
- Wi-Fi support has not been confirmed.
- Audio functionality has not been confirmed.
- Graphics acceleration has not been confirmed.
- The approach used to adapt the software to NVIDIA Tegra hardware has not been explained.
The poster says the project will be published on GitHub soon. Until code or technical documentation appears, this remains an intriguing proof-of-concept video rather than a reproducible way to turn an aging Android tablet into an iOS 6 machine. It is chiefly a curiosity for mobile OS historians and hardware tinkerers, not a practical alternative to a vintage iPad.
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