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| rowspan=4 3 | [[Wikipedia:Android_version_history|OS version]]| [[Wikipedia:Android_version_history#Android_4.4_KitKat|KitKat]]<br/><small>Supporting [[Wikipedia:Android_version_history#Android_4.4_KitKat|Android 4.4 (KitKat)]] and [[Wikipedia:ARM_architecture_family|ARM 32-bit (Cortex)]] is crucial for emulators due to compatibility and [[Preservation_projects|preservation]] reasons.<br/> Older applications and games often rely on the "Dalvik VM", which isn't present in newer versions.<br/>[[Wikipedia:Android_Runtime#History|Android 5.0 (Lollipop) introduced the "Android RunTime" (ART), replacing "Dalvik" entirely]].</small>

| [[Wikipedia:Android_version_history#Android_7.1_Nougat|7.1 Nougat]]<br/><small>New JIT Compiler, making for 75 percent faster app installations and a 50 percent reduction in compiled code size.<br/>JIT compiler with code profiling to ART, which lets it constantly improve the performance of Android apps as they run.<br/>Vulkan 3D rendering API support.</small>|-| ''Placeholder text<br/><small>Are there any other specific Android versions besides KitKat and 7.1 Nougat that are important for emulators to support and why?''</small>|-| rowspan=4 | [https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/abis Supported ABIs]| [https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/abis#v7a armeabi-v7a]<br/><small>Supporting armeabi-v7a ABI is crucial for emulators due to compatibility and [[Preservation_projects|preservation]] reasons.<br/> Older applications and games often rely on the [[Wikipedia:ARM_architecture_family|ARM 32-bit (Cortex)]] architecture, which isn't used in newer hardware.</small>|?|{{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=BlueStacksABI>[https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360058929011-What-is-Application-Binary-Interface-ABI-in-BlueStacks-5 What is Application Binary Interface (ABI) in BlueStacks 5 ]</ref>|?|?|-| [https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/abis#arm64-v8a arm64-v8a]|?|{{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=BlueStacksABI></ref>|?|?|-| [https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/abis#x86 x86]|?|{{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=BlueStacksABI></ref>|?|?|-| [https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/abis#86-64 x86_64]|?|{{Y}}<ref group=N4 name=BlueStacksABI></ref>|?|?