The Android emulator AndY
For players: BlueStacks
Not only on the phone, but also on your PC you can run Android apps and games. We introduce you to the five best Android emulators.
The universal emulator: AndY
For your PC, it is no problem to be a completely different device. Times he is Nintendo console, sometimes PlayStation, times Xbox. Emulators, which simulate the old hardware and pass on the commands of running games and apps to Windows, are possible. While some performance is lost, a PC, which is no longer quite new, still provides the basis.
For app developers: Genymotion
Android can also emulate under Windows. In most cases, Android runs faster thanks to the higher performance of the PC than on the smartphone or tablet. In the virtual environment, you can play games, test apps, and do quite a bit of what is possible on your smartphone or tablet. Only where there are real hardware differences (for example in the SIM card slot) can functional differences occur. And, of course, apps and games that are touch-screened will feel somewhat different when you control them on your PC with your keyboard and mouse.
The alternatives: Remix OS Player and MEmu
BlueStacks is one of the most widely used Android emulators, and especially a good solution if you want to use your PC to play Android games. On the site you will find a large number of compatible games, including graphics-intensive games. Apps like WhatsApp also run under BlueStacks. As a so-called app player, BlueStacks focuses on running apps and games, which you can start from shortcuts directly from the desktop. The titles then run in their own window. The provision of a classic Android interface with task changer is not the focus of BlueStacks. You can also stream your games on Twitch. BlueStacks is available free of charge for Windows and MacOS.
AndY is free and brings the original Android interface to your PC or Mac. The Google Play Store is built-in at the factory, and the software supports both X86 and ARM-based apps. These may access the camera and the microphone. In addition, AndY features a convenient keyboard mapper that allows you to assign Android functions to keys on the PC keyboard. Root access is also possible. The developers of AndY follow a strategy similar to that of BlueStacks and present apps on their website that are guaranteed to run under AndY. This includes numerous games. Because AndY does not have direct access to the Windows graphics, the emulator remains behind BlueStacks for graphic-bound titles.
Genymotion is a great emulator for developers who want to test their apps on different Android devices without having to purchase expensive hardware. The emulator dresses itself as one of over 40 Android devices and can adjust over 3,000 Android configurations. Optionally, it uses the webcam of your PC as a replacement for the smartphone camera and simulates different battery levels. Also GPS is available for Genymotion emulated Android devices. Genymotion can be controlled from the command line and integrated into development environments such as Eclipse. In the basic version, the software costs 99 US dollars a year. A demo version is not available on the website. Contact support and ask for it. According to reports on the net, Genymotion is often setting a 14-day limited demo.
The developers at MEmu attach great importance to maximum speed. Up to twice as fast as BlueStacks is to be their emulator, which thanks to numerous input possibilities is also excellent for playing. You can dive with the keyboard, mouse and joystick into the game world. As of January 2017 MEmu is available with Kitkat and Lollipop.
Remix OS Player is an Android emulator optimized for games like BlueStacks, which starts every app in its own window. Remix is still fairly new and so far only runs on CPUs from Intel. If you have a processor from AMD in your PC, BlueStacks is the better choice. Otherwise the comparison may be worthwhile, especially if you encounter a game that does not work under BlueStacks. Remix OS Player is free.
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