It is hard to find a person who is not hooked to an Android app or its iOS counterpart. The massive in surge of Android devices and smart phone applications have changed the way the world communicates, interacts or behaves right now. If you do not own a smart phone yet or you would still like to run the app from your personal computer, here’s telling you how to do the same seamlessly.
Secondly, even if you do have a smart phone and no such aversion towards using the same, you may still want to access the apps on your PC, either to streamline the work, or to just test the app before you transfer it back to your phone. No matter what the reason is, if you wish to download and use the Android apps on your PC, please read ahead.
Why would I run an Android app on my PC?
Nice question! In a day and age where smart phones are so popular and readily available, why would anyone like to use a computer for running Android apps? Well, we can think of a few reasons. Perhaps the person does not have a smart phone and yet would like to use these apps sometimes. We know of so many people who find technology, especially smart phones, really intrusive and hence these phones would have zero utility for them. And yet it does not mean that they would not like to use various apps, especially value adding and highly resourceful apps, to streamline their work and business etc.
How can we run Android apps on PC?
Ok, now that the initial ‘Q n A’ is done, let us get back to the basics. With the help of right set of software, one can easily run Android apps on PC. Although we have called them software, but these are actually emulators which make an Android function smoothly on the Windows; discover these software or emulators below:1. BlueStacks
The software developed by BlueStacks Systems, Inc. is still in its beta version, but can be used both for Windows and Mac devices.
Also Read: How to Run Android Apps on Windows PC
Also Read: How to Run Android Apps on Windows PC
In order to use it, you would have to download the software, install it and then follow the below mentioned points:
Procedure –Open BlueStacks and locate the search box. Write the name of the app which you wish to use. Click on search. With the help of BlueStacks, download the app and install it. Now the app will smoothly run on the system.
The software can be easily used for Windows, XP, Vistas 7 and 8 and Mac devices. The only problem that a user may experience is the very download of this software, since it has a certain preconditioned requirements of graphics. However like we just mentioned, since the software is in its beta stage, we will see further updates and ramifications in the coming versions.
2. Youwave for Android
The second option to run Android applications on your PC is Youwave. Comparatively, Youwave requires less of graphic requirements as compared to its aforementioned counterpart and moreover it even works with the intrinsic graphic card of the computer.
Various features and attributes of Youwave are mentioned below:
- It renders full support to the Android 2.3 Gingerbread and 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
- Is perfectly compatible with Windows XP and Vistas
- Allows the users to engage into multi player online games.
- Allows the users to save the game with the help of advanced SD card functionality.
- Various buttons for retraction and controlling volumes
- An instant, almost dynamic and phone like instant response.
Given the load of features and attributes, there is a flip side. Now, we all feel a little low when we have to pay from our pocket, and that’s the case with this software. After a free 10 day trial, you would have to download the paid version.
Here, please note that both of the software renders no support to such app and games which come with an indigenous ARM code.
From Editor's Desk:
Well, that’s all we had for running Android apps on PC. Various users also use IntelAppUp which only allows the users to run those apps which already exists in the IntelAppUp center. Why don’t you let us know how your experience was with each one of them? Also let us know about how you feel about this article on the comments box below.
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