The Android emulators are for the virtualization of the Android operating system on a computer (Windows, OSX or Linux).
Initially this function is required during the test phases of mobile application developers. Then the popularization of some mobile games has created vocations among Android emulators and some have positioned themselves on this specific niche of "game player".
Here are the 5 best Android emulators currently on the market.
Bluestacks
Bluestacks is the best known Android emulator among Android users for playing Android games on PCs.
Present on the market since 2012, its latest version embeds the emulation for Android Nougat 7.1.
The emulator supports downloading apps from the Google Play Store, surfing the internet, and other pre-installed emulated apps.
The Android Bluestacks emulator is available for Windows 10 and Mac and presents itself as an alternative way to play games available on Android.
Android Studio
Android Studio is the free Android emulator released by Google for mobile application developers.
It embeds a complete integrated development environment for Android mobile applications. This development environment incorporates a debugger and an emulator.
This emulator has the advantage of being particularly complete, stable and continuously maintained by Google. On the other hand, it is complex to install and takes up a lot of disk space and machine resources.
It is without hesitation the most complete emulator currently available on the market.
Xamarin
Xamarin is a free software development suite created in 2011 in the United States. It is an integrated development environment for mobile application developers.
In 2016, the company carrying the project is bought by Microsoft. This acquisition transforms Xamarin software into integrated bricks in the Visual Studio development suite and the .NET framework.
As an environment for mobile application development, the Xamarin Android emulator is cumbersome and complex to configure.
Nox Player App
Nox is an Android emulator developed since 2015 that comes from Hong-Kong. He also slipped on the niche of the gamer for Android games. Nox is available on Windows 10 and Mac. In its latest version, it ships with version 7.1.2 of Android.Memu Play
Memu Play is an Android emulator that is also committed to the niche of Android game emulators. Created in 2015, Memu competes with Nox Player for the title of fastest Android emulator: fluidity is one of the essential aspects for the game. Memu Play is offered for free on Windows 10/64 bit platform; no Mac version or Linux.
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