Hey there and welcome. My name is Mr. Berry in this whole video I'm going to be looking at the top 10
Android emulators that can run on your windows 10 PC your Macintosh or even in your Linux machine
there's even one that runs within your chrome browser one thing i would like to mention
is that starting in 2021 Microsoft has announced that their updated windows 10 version will allow
users to run android apps directly from within the windows 10 environment this can mean big
changes for the android emulator market so let's check it out you and I come on
now there are many reasons why you may want to run an Android emulator on your PC
one is if you were an app developer and you wish to test your application before shipping it out
and next is gamers. Now gamers may want to use a mouse or keyboard right within your android games
or maybe they just want to have access to check their game out on their PC whatever your reasons
android emulation on your PC is possible and it's a great deal easier today than it used to be
unfortunately some old favorites either left the space or have become unusable i'm talking
about Andy android amidou OS and leap droid but everything else here should work okay for most
people so here are the 10 best android emulators for your pc or your mac and there's even one that
run on your chrome browser so i have a list here but it's not in the exact order as i'm going to
give at the conclusion but number one there is ld player then we have the android studio emulator
akron chrome extension bless os bluestacks game loop meemu ginnymotion nox and phoenix
os now andy android used to be towards the top of any of my lists there but it's been taken out
since andy began using some really bad development tactics including suspected bitcoin mining without
users permission so they're going to be left out of my lists until they fix their problems android
4x used to be one of my favorite options and its later builds are still available however it's
no longer being updated so it's been removed from the list now also worth noting are these prime os
zumerian u-wave and co-player which are still very good options as they are currently being updated
and do not appear to have any malware and i have a link to all of these different emulators down in
the description for you to choose later let's now look at all the best emulators and see which one
is best for your particular situation something to play android games ld player is an android
emulator that focuses on the best game performance it features good gamer oriented features including
useful keyboard mapping controls multi-instance macros high frames per second and common graphical
hardware support it runs android nougat 7.1 and is one of the few emulators that gets active updates
to improve hardware compatibility it supports a wide range of games including clash of clans
among us garina free fire league of legends wild riff and many other favorites other apps that work
very well within ld player are social media apps such as these and it's free next is the android
studio simulator android studio is a free default development console from android it comes with a
good assortment of developers tools to create apps and games that run specifically on android
it has a built-in emulator that developers can use to test out their app or game this is not my first
choice if you are novice to running emulators as the setup is somewhat more complicated and
it can take a long time to install it on your computer however if you are a developer this
emulator is almost a must-have because of its tools for testing apps and games
another good point is that it supports copeland for developers who want to use that
so android studios emulator is a good choice for developers but not so for casual gamers
next is akron akron is not a traditional emulator that you install within your pc
it is a free google chrome extension that runs in your browser for this reason users who run
cloud ready os may find this extension extremely useful because it gives their chrome the ability
to run android apps and games albeit with limited support unfortunately it's not easy
to get this emulator running as you'll have to do a custom installer into your chrome browser
the steps include first downloading the apks onto your computer and then loading them using
an apk installer some have noted incompatibility issues and needed to change the apk in order
to make it run correctly on their computer since there are so many more steps to make this emulator
work correctly than other android emulators i do not recommend this one for novices on the plus
side though it does work with any operating system that can run the chrome browser like windows linux
mac os cloud ready etc and i have added a link to the official github where you can find detailed
instructions for its use bless os is an android emulator for pc running the android oreo which
is among the newer versions of android offered on an emulator bliss os works via the virtual machine
however it is possible to run it alone without any other operating system on your computer
through a usb stick for power users the boot from usb option is definitely a plus and novice
users might find the boot from usb option less to their liking as it gets a little bit more involved
it can be a vm install on your computer in which case the process is rather straightforward
and easy but may be tedious if you've never made your own virtual machine before and as stated
earlier the usb installation method is even more complicated but it lets your computer actually run
android natively from boot without needing any other operating system this makes bliss a unique
emulator if you can make it through all the steps to the end now with that being said it is
not compatible with every computer configuration out there and some users have found this to be a
major headache as it crashes even after following all of the steps correctly for that reason make
sure you have a backup of your current operating system just in case bluestacks which has both free
and paid versions is the most mainstream of all of the android emulators it is compatible with
both windows and mac it also has been around for a long time and still gets regular updates
gamers may like this emulator as it includes key mapping and settings for many different games
that being said the paid version has the most features of any emulator on this list
bluestacks also made the msi app player which is another great emulator and many believe
that's just as good or even better than vanilla bluestacks you can try either one they're both
from bluestacks next we have game loop which is a free emulator focused squarely on the gamer
its settings are optimized for such games as call of duty mobile pubg mobile and its features other
games aside from tencents the emulator installs with ease and plays games just fine without having
to change any of the settings which is a big plus do you do other things besides playing games sorry
this emulator will leave you lagging as is not good for productivity or development testing
so if you're looking for an easy to install emulator to play your android games game
loop has you covered with fast mobile frames per second gaming along with some fun and newer titles
and it boosts good keyboard controls as well nimu is another android emulator that does very well
with gamers one of the biggest features is that it supports both amd and intel chipsets now i'm not
saying that memu is the only emulator that works with amd but its developers have optimized it to
run games on the amd platform like game loop and bluestacks most gamers would be happy with
this emulator something that is unique is that it supports android jelly bean kitkat and lollipop
plus it can run multiple instances at once for multiple games or testing developmental features
so not only does this emulator suit most gamers needs it can also satisfy developers needs as well
with its collection of productivity tools i have a link to the newest version down in the
description that has added smart key mapping and game performance improvements as well
genymotion has both free and paid versions its focus is mostly on developers
as it allows you to test your apps on a variety of devices without actually having to own them
you can configure the emulator for a variety of devices with various versions of android
to help suit your testing needs you can also easily switch between these virtual devices
with just a few taps which can save the developer a lot of time so would the gamer like this one
no in fact most consumer users would not need most of the features that this emulator offers
one caveat is that geniemotion does offer their services for free for personal use
one of its most useful features is its ability to work with both your desktop computer and the
cloud this means that those that lack a powerful computer can make genie motion servers do all the
work for them now we come to knox which many of my students have used to play android games
nox is free yet includes a good key mapping with your keyboard multiple game controller support
and even the ability to key map gesture controls it's easy to install from the download and once
you have it on your desktop you can start playing games without having to change any of the settings
so if you need an emulator to play a few games nox is on par with the likes of game loop ld player
and mimu now i'm going to round this off with free emulator called phoenix os
phoenix os seems to very well with games but what it lacks is security so use this emulator
only to play games and avoid logging into any accounts such as google or any others you can
download the emulator from its official website and the install is rather straightforward with
instructions from their website and now for my top picks in each category for gamers it would be with
bluestacks and this is because it's easy to set up supports multiple accounts and has the latest
android version and next is nox now nox allows for multiple windows to be open at once has very good
support for controllers and keyboards and it's very easy to root and next we have the category of
developers the very first one there is gmotion and that's because it has support for android's studio
it runs on mac windows or even linux machines and it allows developers to test their apps and games
on android 4.1 all the way to version 8. next is android studio and that's up there
because it is the official one that's actually brought to us by google has very good support
and is frequently updated and the last category that i have is for chrome users
and that is the extension acron that allows you to run android apps within your browser
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