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android emulator - bluestacks, Nox and Android Studio

Are you looking at the ways to use android apps on your windows Personal Computer? Yes, let’s jump right in.

Google has made android as an ever-growing platform and it has a lot of awesome apps for free. But when it comes to PC, Windows play a major role, even though there are many stunning apps in Windows, we are mostly trying to find ways to use android apps on the PC. There always exists a gap between mobile and desktop apps. All the software giants have tried to reduce this gap, Google has released Chrome OS for desktop to reduce the gap. But this has not been so popular and does not have huge consumer base. Microsoft introduced continuum with Windows 10, and with the upcoming Fall creators update, C-Shell will be introduced to provide more converged experience to the users. Even all these efforts made by Microsoft has not given fruitful results. Android and iOS still holds the huge part of the mobile market.

So, how to merge this gap. We have few emulators for you, to run the Android apps on Windows and Chrome OS. What are these emulators then?

Android Studio

Android Studio is an IDE i.e. Integrated Development environment, that is powered by IntelliJ Platform to support android development. If you are an Android developer, you must have used this IDE. Android studio is capable of emulating an android phone like experience. So, if you are a developer you can use Android Studio to test your apps. Ok. If you do not understand all these jargons, blue stacks and Nox app player makes it simple for you. But if you want to try Android Studio, download this from here.

Blue stacks

A windows application Blue Stacks, is built to run Android apps on PC. Just download the installer and install on your PC. It is free for personal use. For pro experience, you need to purchase the app. Blue stacks offers more smooth experience. Even you can play android games with a better experience. Blue stacks offer real time game streaming in a single click using Twitch.
Go to the official Blue stacks page, to check the top chat apps, most played games and many more used with the app player. Blue Stacks is built with a proprietary technology “Layer Cake” and this platform was recently moved to open source “Virtual Box” technology to deliver new features. Blue stacks adjust the performance and allocates resources most effectively.

Nox app Player

Nox player looks similar to Blue Stacks provides more fluid experience with the built in assistive tools. You can try the Nox app player from here. The app player is available for both MAC and Windows operating Systems. As like blue stacks, Nox app player does not offer pro or custom versions for organizations.

ARC Welder

ARC (Application Runtime for Chrome) Welder, is an extension of chrome initially released to run all the android apps on chrome browser on all the platforms. But now it is restricted to install the extension only on Chrome OS. So, if you are using Chrome OS, you can use ARC welder extension to run all the android apps. Installation is just simple, you can download the chrome extension “ARC Welder” from Chrome Web store.

Which one would you prefer to use, please let us know in the comment section below.
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