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Top 10 android emulators for PC



Top 10 Free Android Emulators for PC – Windows 7/8/8.1/10 | Run Android apps on Computer PC/Windows 7/8.1/10

Android emulators/simulators are largely required to run Android apps & games on PC (Windows 7/8/8.1/10) . However, choosing the correct Android emulator might become a daunting task, as if not selected properly they can really slow down your Computer (e.g Duos M) . So, here we bring you the best 10 Android emulators for your PC – Windows 7/8/8.1/10 which you can use to run android on computer

The 10 top Free android Emulators are as follows

1. Nox App Player – Android Emulator

Nox App Player is our preferred Android emulator to play Android games on PC / Computer (Windows 10 & 7),  or to try out new android apps due to its speed.
Nox App Player is fast, plus provides lots of features such as –
  • One-click root hide / unhide (disable or enable root)
  • Ability to specify the CPU Processor & Ram size! which is great for gamers & app-testers to check resource usage.
  • Besides, these Nox even provides Keyboard mapping for touch input. Thus, you can specify the areas where touch is to be simulated, on pressing a keyboard key! (Awesome thing for gamers)
  • Plus, it even has an inbuilt GPS controller setting, by which you can even play GPS required games such as Pokemon Go directly inside Nox App Player. 

2. Bluestacks (Best Android Emulator)

BlueStacks is the most widely used Android emulator or Android App Player for Windows . It used to be free but now is only in Specific regions
  • Easy One-click installation on the Windows System (Split-online installer as well as offline installer is available).
  • Easily install 3rd party apk’s or android apps by simply double clicking on the apk files.
  • No other-3rd party virtualization required (VirtualBox  isn’t required).


3. Andyroid (Andy OS)


AndyRoid is one of its own kind Android Emulator for Windows 7/8/8.1/10 . It supports some unique features which aren’t supported by any other android emulators out there such as –
  • Using your phone as remote control while playing games!.
  • ARM support, You can directly install apps in your andy emulator through your host’s desktop browser!.
  • As Andy is based upon VirtualBox , It doesn’t require any dedicated Graphics card to function smoothly and works well even on Intel HD Graphics.
download andy
4. Droid4x

Droid4X is perhaps its the most interesting emulators mentioned in this article. Droid4X is designed for real Power! in the hands of user, and its features too point
to the same . Droid4X has some salient features such as –
  • It comes Pre-rooted, with Play Store installed .
  • Its pretty fast,doesn’t lag & even allows you to configure your keyboard as a controller! for the emulator
5. KO Player
KO Player is the latest entrant in this list & is a great android emulator especially when it comes to playing Android games on your Computer / PC. KO Player provides a host of great features in its android emulator such as –
  • Keyboard to Touch Mapping
  • Crisp Display on Bigger screens due to HD Resolution
  • Ability directly record your Android emulation screen & save it as a video. Thus, enabling you to share your Gameplay easily.
  • Besides, you can run multiple accounts of various simultaneously
  • Since, it is made for gaming KO Player does require a good amount of RAM & graphics memory
6. Widroy
Windroy is perhaps the most unique Emulators present in this article because of the fact – It completely runs using the Windows Kernel!
Windroy doesnt require any external Virtualbox support. Like bluestacks, also its quite light-weight and handy to use!. You just have to take care that the directory path wherein you install Windroy must not contain Spaces.
7. Genymotion
GenyMotion is another advanced Android Emulator for PC , and may be classified as a worthy alternative to/of Bluestacks. GenyMotion has advanced features like OpenGL, and hardware aceleration support. Its built on the x86 Architecture and hence is faster as compared to BlueStacks.
You need to install GenyMotion on your PC/Laptop and configure Android device on it –
Click here for complete tutorial on GenyMotion configuration (Check out the Steps after running Genymotion – They’re common for Linux as well as Windows)
8. Memu
  • MEmu is another of the up and coming Android emulators that seems to do quite well.
  • One of its biggest features is support for both AMD and Intel chipsets
  • That's rarer than you'd think. Additionally, it supports Android Jelly Bean, Kit Kat, and Lollipop. You can even run multiple instances at once
  • That makes it one of the few emulators that goes as high as Lollipop. Like many, you can use this for pretty much whatever you want.
  • It'll support most games and most apps. However, we recommend it mostly for productivity. It's free to download and use if you want to.
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9. Xamarian
  • Xamarin is an IDE. It's similar to Android Studio. The difference is that it can plug into things like Microsoft Visual Studio
  •  Also like the Android Studio, this comes with a built-in emulator for developers. It's for developers only unless you feel like setting up an entire development environment to use it.
  • Xamarin's emulator is not as powerful as something like Genymotion, but it'll get the job done if you intend on using this. 

10. Youwave
  • YouWave is one of the older Android emulators for PC. It's been around for a long time. However, it was last updated in mid-2016 so it's fairly current
  • The installation process was easy enough. It doesn't have any game specific features but it will still play games. That makes it good for light gaming and productivity
  • This one has had quite a bit more development than most and we recommend it to those trying this whole process out for the first time.
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