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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