Popular titles such as Clash of Clans, Despicable Me: Minion Run and the various Candy Crush titles are playable via BlueStacks. That's particularly beneficial for Mac owners, who are statistically far more likely to be in the iPhone/iPad camp.īlueStacks claims 96% compatibility with Android apps, although that figure drops to 86% for games. The free BlueStacks Android emulator has been available on Windows for some time, but now the Mac version has finally been released, three years after an alpha release was first made available.īlueStacks lets you run the vast majority of Android apps and games on a computer, meaning you don't need an Android tablet or smartphone to harvest the fruits of the Play Store.

If you’re looking for the absolute best way to run Android apps on your PC, Windows 11 is clearly the way to do it.Mac owners can now run Android apps on their computer with the release of BlueStacks for OS X. They respect built-in Windows functions without any hacky workarounds. They can more efficiently use the resources of your Windows PC.

It all comes down to running native apps vs emulated apps. RELATED: How to Install Android Apps on Windows 11 Native Is Better Than Emulation You can install basically any Android app or game-either from the Amazon Appstore or by sideloading-and they’ll just work.

The result is Android apps that run natively in Windows 11 without any special work by the developers. It bridges the native Android functions over to native Windows functions. The important thing to know is that IBT recompiles the Android app’s code with everything it needs to run in Windows 11. We have a full explainer on how Android apps work in Windows 11. Windows 11 uses Intel Bridge Technology (IBT)-a “runtime post-compiler”-to natively run Android apps. Android apps in Windows 11 are not running in an emulator.

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