{"id":2732,"date":"2019-05-08T07:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2019-05-08T13:12:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T17:12:44","slug":"how-can-you-run-android-phone-apps-on-a-windows-10-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/08\/how-can-you-run-android-phone-apps-on-a-windows-10-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"“How can you run Android phone apps on a Windows 10 computer?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(Answer requested by Mark Austin)<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There actually are multiple ways to run Android on Windows, including the official emulator that’s part of Google’s free Android Studio<\/strong>.<\/a> It’s excellent — Google is the de facto authority on all things Android — but it’s aimed at developers, and so might not be quite what you’re looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other offerings come closer to simple plug-and-play Android. Options include Android-x86<\/strong><\/a>; BlueStacks<\/strong><\/a>;  Android in a Box<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>(“Anbox”), and many others<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Win10 itself is starting to dip its figurative toes into the water. Its free Your Phone<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>app currently offers some limited interoperability beytween Win10 and Android; undoubtedly, more is on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for a fuller Android experience on Windows, any of the previously-mentioned links should get you going!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Answer requested by Mark Austin) There actually are multiple ways to run Android on Windows, including the official emulator that’s part of Google’s free Android Studio. It’s excellent — Google is the de facto authority on all things Android — but it’s aimed at developers, and so might not be quite what you’re looking for….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-reader-asks","category-smartphones","category-windows"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaiox-I4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":170,"url":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/24\/a-reader-asks-why-does-android-need-more-ram-than-a-full-windows-10-pc\/","url_meta":{"origin":2732,"position":0},"title":"A reader asks: Why does Android need more RAM than a full Windows 10 PC?","author":"Fred Langa","date":"2018-08-24","format":false,"excerpt":"Q: Why does Android need more RAM than my full Windows 10 PC?\u00a0\u00a0(Question sent via Quora) A:\u00a0Your PC's RAM is usually just\u00a0the working memory for the CPU; a separate hard drive (solid state or magnetic) lets you store files and data outside of RAM. 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