Yes, but not out of the box on newer ROMs.
Is it practical? Barely. Is it satisfying? Absolutely. When you slide open that screen and feel the tactile click of the keyboard while running Android 11, you’ll understand why the cult of BlackBerry refuses to die. Blackberry Priv Custom Rom
This is the crown jewel. LineageOS 18.1 replaces the heavy BlackBerry launcher with Trebuchet, updates the WebView to Chromium 110+, and most importantly, includes a backported . Yes, but not out of the box on newer ROMs
Published by: Tech Preservation Hub Reading Time: 12 minutes Introduction: The Last of Its Kind When the BlackBerry Priv (codenamed "Venice") launched in late 2015, it was a swan song. It was the first and only BlackBerry device to run Android out of the box, featuring a glorious, curved 5.4-inch pOLED screen and a physical, sliding QWERTY keyboard—a desperate love letter to the dying breed of power users. Fast forward to today, the Priv is largely forgotten. It runs on the aging Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 (a chip notorious for thermal throttling) and is officially stuck on Android 6.0 Marshmallow (or 6.0.1). Is it satisfying
Google removed the "Physical Keyboard" API after Android 8.0. Therefore, on Android 10+ custom ROMs, the Priv treats the keyboard as a standard Bluetooth keyboard (even though it's wired internally).
But what if you could run Android 13 or a debloated, lightning-fast version of Android 11 on that physical keyboard? Enter the world of .