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Tons of bloated or non-active Android "emulator" exist, see [[https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php?title=Android_emulators&diff=66635&oldid=66634#Emulators|this page]] for more.

! scope="col"|VM<ref group=NN2>The VM column describes what backend technology the emulator uses. Emulators labeled with "VirtualBox" sometimes need the user to install [https://www.virtualbox.org/ Oracle VM VirtualBox]. Usually, it is installed automatically. [[Hypervisors|Hardware-assisted virtualization]] feature must be turned on especially for performance reasons.</ref>

|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N N2 name=Bloatware>These emulators are closed-source, and while they're distributed for free, their devs look for roundabout ways to monetize them. Since these emulators closed-source and comes with adware and bloatware applications make sure review their developers background before using them. MuMu, LDPlayer, NoxPlayer and MEmu developed by the various Chinese software companies, Genymotion developed by French software development company called "[https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20723018 Genymobile SAS]" and BlueStacks App Player developed by American technology company called "[https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4928776 BlueStacks]". Also make sure to check if there are pre-installed '''extra''' apps comes with emulator and disable or uninstall them (e.g. BlueStacks X, BlueStacks Services etc.), monitor your internet traffic and processor activity to detect any abnormal activity (and block domains accordingly if the need arises or use tools like 'simplewall') and avoid giving sensitive account data as much as is possible (just in case it's key-logged? or other potential security reasons). Besides basic safety, these precautions often make impacted emulators and your operating system run faster/responsive when the adware services and apps are turned off.</ref>

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