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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|[[Genymotion]]|Windows, Linux, macOS, Linux|[https://www.genymotion.com/fun-zonedownload/ 2.11{{GenymotionVer}}]
|{{✓}} (Non-Dev Versions)
|VirtualBox
|[[BlueStacks]]
|Windows, macOS
|[http://www.bluestacks.com/ 3.56.74.1828{{BlueStacksVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|QEmu QEMU (before v2.5) / VirtualBox (after v2.5)
|High
|{{✓}}
|MEmu
|Windows
|[httphttps://www.memuplay.com/ 5.06.2]|{{✓}}|VirtualBox|High|{{✓}}|-|LDPlayer|Windows|[http://en.ldplayer.5net/ 3.41]
|{{✓}}
|VirtualBox
|Nox App Player
|Windows
|[https://www.bignox.com/ 6.02.5.3]
|{{✓}}
|VirtualBox
|XePlayer
|Windows
|[http://xeplayer.com/ 36.80.1.010]
|{{✓}}
|VirtualBox
|KoPlayer
|Windows
|[http://www.koplayer.com 1.4.10551056]
|{{✓}}
|VirtualBox
|{{✗}}
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|AndyAndyroid
|Windows, macOS
|[httphttps://andyroid.net/ 0.4647.16226.661076.7]
|{{✓}}
|VmWare
|YouWave
|Windows
|[httphttps://youwave.com/ 5.711]
|{{✓}}
|VirtualBox
|Android x86
|Multi-platform
|[http://www.android-x86.org 78.1-r1rc2]
|{{✓}}
|N/A
|{{✗}}
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|Android Emulator (AVD)Studio
|Windows, Linux
|[https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator3.html 262.1.3]
|{{✓}}
|QEmuQEMU
|Low
|{{✗}}
|Anbox
|Linux
|[httphttps://anbox.io/ Git]
|{{✓}}
|Original
|{{✗}}
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|[ARC Welder <br /><small>(Google Chrome)</small>|Windows, macOS, Linux, macOS<br/>Chrome OS
|[https://developer.chrome.com/apps/getstarted_arc 50.5021.602.0]
|{{✓}}
The VM column describes what backend technology the emulator uses. Emulators labeled with "VirtualBox" sometimes needs the user to install [https://www.virtualbox.org/ Oracle VM VirtualBox]. Usually, it is installed automatically.
===ComparisonComparisons===;[[Genymotion]]:An A closed-source Android emulator with hardware-accelerated 3D graphics and USB host support, available for Windows, MacmacOS, and Linux. In its latest versions, it has pretty good compatibility with commercial games. It's a commercial product though, aimed at software developers and QA teams. You'll need to create an account and download the free non-commercial use license available. Except for pay-to-remove "free for personal use" watermark on the screen, paid builds to add features only useful for Android app developers.
Setting up the emulator itself is not too hard, but a bit of tinkering is required to add the Google Play store and [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528952 ARM processor emulation] (what you need essentially here to play the commercial releases) as well as [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/genymotion-users/JpO8HR39PR0/NpSkrnsB8d8J Xbox 360 controller support]. Not noob-friendly, but if you're experienced enough with Android to know your way around a rooted filesystem it shouldn't be too hard.
;MEmu
:A free Android emulator with very good accuracy, sometimes outperforming BlueStacks.
;LDPlayer
:An Android emulator also with good accuracy. When testing games along side Nox, LDPlayer shows to have better performance/compatibility with games.
;Droid4x
;Windroye
:(With the 'e' suffix) uses VirtualBox, but still offers better performance than BluestacksBlueStacks. The Play Store is installed by default and has no stability issues found in Windroy. [https://www.reddit.com/r/ClashOfClans/comments/31lklr/misc_windroye_for_pcfaster_than_bluestacks_262_mb/ A related Reddit topic can be found here.]
;Android x86
;Shashlik
:A project by KDE that aims to run Android applications on Linux using KDE5 and Qt5 technology. The project is infancy state and only known to run on latest Kubuntu versions. It currently lacks ARM processor emulation, so not many games will run. It is however known to play [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SC6c_ih_Ac Flappy Bird] and can show [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju_R8ftiIp4 Spotify's login screen]. It uses modified [[QemuQEMU]] to emulate the Android operating system. Last major update was March 2016 and seems abandoned.
;Xamarin Android Player
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[[Category:Android emulators]]
