You can navigate the Internet with the help of a built-in web browser, as well as check out your Twitter and Facebook account. It is possible to download all games and apps available on Android from the Play Store, as well as play them with ease. Access, download and manage apps with ease NET Framework is required to make the application work, but it usually comes packed inside the Windows default set of features. Once installed, you are required to input your existing Google account or create a new one, so that you can gain access to the Play Store. It looks exactly like the mobile platform, with all the proper buttons incorporated in the main window. Simple-to-handle GUIīoasting a very effective emulation engine, BlueStacks App Player impresses thanks to its user-friendly approach, making everything easy as pie for all types of users, be they beginners or with a bit more computer knowledge. A launch on the Mac will come later.BlueStacks App Player is an easy to use yet powerful software solution designed to run Android apps right on your Windows machine, with the help of a Google account. BlueStacks 2 remains free to download and will be available today on Windows. BlueStacks declined to provide specific information on its active user count, simply saying that it was 'healthy.' (If you see anyone claiming that BlueStacks' emulator is more widely used than Android devices by some top phone manufacturers, don't believe it.)īlueStacks' emulator has been around since 2011, primarily sustaining itself off of revenue from developers who pay for placement within its app store (though it also offers access to the Google Play Store). That's a big number, although it's worth keeping in mind that downloads don't translate directly into recurring users. The update also adds a toolbar that lets you quickly tell the emulator to simulate rotating the screen or to perform other functions, like copying and pasting.Īlongside today's update, BlueStacks is also announcing a new milestone: it's hit 109 million downloads. This new version adds a tabbed interface, allowing you to hold multiple apps in the same window it could previously only run a single app at a time. It's ugly and sometimes awkward to use - I don't have a touchscreen PC, so I had to navigate Android with a mouse - but apps ran surprisingly well in my limited testing. That company, BlueStacks, is today launching the second version of its Android emulator for Windows, adding in the ability to run multiple apps at the same time.īlueStacks says it's been downloaded over 100 million timesīlueStacks 2 is basically the same product as its predecessor.

While Google has been slowly working on bringing Android apps to Chrome OS, another company has had those apps up and running on the desktop for several years now.

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