

Open the app, and you'll be greeted with a customized home screen and access to the Play Store. Over the years, it's become the best Android app emulator around, making it a great solution for games and apps that don't have a corresponding desktop version.īlueStacks 5 (Opens in a new window), the latest version of the software, takes up (Opens in a new window) 5GB of space on your computer (plus any apps you download). If you're just looking to run a couple apps and don't need the emulator to look like Android, you should try BlueStacks (Opens in a new window).

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.
