There are several Android emulators for Windows, and before we go any further, Android Studio also includes its own emulator. Google Play Games for Windows, renewed with new features such as console controller support and 4K resolution, its own integrated emulator and now Google lets us install it separately.
So we have A new Android emulator for Windowsofficial, so it comes with various optimizations for pre-installed Google services, Google Play and games, both in terms of performance and control.
New Android emulator for Windows
Google just Publish emulator for Windows from Google Play Gamesso anyone can install the game without needing to install Google Play Games for Windows.
If you want to try it, you can download it from the Android Developers page, it is available in stable and beta version. The setup and look is quite similar to Google Play Games for Windows, and you need to sign in with your Google account to use it.
Google Play Games emulator Designed for Android game developers who want to port to WindowsThis way they can test if everything is working as planned before releasing the version to all users.
It is the same technology as the Google Play Games emulator but includes: A number of useful changes for developers They can test their games on Windows:
- It has a typical Android launcher (pretty minimalistic).
- You can use Vulkan or DirectX.
- You can force the aspect ratio.
- It includes manual control of whether the emulator behaves like a mouse or touch events.
- Supports debugging and loading games by ADB.
- Play Protection integrity protection not sending status MEETS_VIRTUAL_INTEGRITY.
Again, anyone can get involved in this and in fact this is a way to try any game in the wonderful Google game emulator even if it is not available on Google Play for Windows. Since there’s no navigation bar, you just need to remember the shortcuts Control+H to open the home screen and Control+B to go back.
Technically You can install any app via ADBConnecting via ADB and using the command adb install file_name.apk, making it a new tool for advanced users. In my case, I managed to install WhatsApp, but it closes as soon as I open it.
More information | Google
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