▷ How to install bluestacks in windows 10

The Smartphone is without a doubt the greatest and best invention of this century up to what we have taken from it. Each of us has one in our pocket, even our pets have mobiles already. Much of the blame lies with Google with the invention of Android, an operating system that revolutionized the functionality of mobile devices taking them to another level. But not only can we use this operating system on a mobile phone, it is also possible to have it on our PC. How? Well today we will talk about how to install Bluestacks Windows 10, an emulator for the Android operating system.

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If you work long hours in front of your PC and you do not want to be constantly looking at your phone continuously, or if you are an Android application programmer and want to try these on a virtual phone without leaving your desk, Bluestacks is one of the options we have for to be able to emulate the Google operating system inside our PC

What is Bluestacks

Bluestacks is software capable of emulating the Android operating system and allowing native applications of this operating system to be used on a computer with a Windows or Mac operating system.

This application, which can be used for free by users, is capable of running almost all the applications available in the Google App store. In addition, you can install all kinds of games and customize the controls that they use through a GamePad or the computer's own keyboard.

Requirements to install Bluestacks

As for the requirements that are requested, they are not a big deal, although if we want to run the emulator with ease in Windows 10, we will have to have a minimum of decent hardware.

• Processor: Intel or AMD processor, and it is recommended that these be multi-core and with a Pass Mark application score of at least 1000 points or higher (you must search the list for the processor you have) RAM memory: have installed at least two GB of RAM, although it is recommended to have at least 6 GB to freely run the Hard Disk emulator : 4 GB of free space. It is recommended that it be an SSD graphics card: it is recommended to have a dedicated graphics card or that at least it has a PassMark score greater than 750 points (as before, you must search the list for your graphic) Operating system: Windows 7 or higher. The recommended one is Windows 10 Administrator requirements are asked to be able to run and uninstall applications. It is recommended to have an internet connection to run Android's own services. It is also recommended to have updated graphic drivers.

Bluestacks download and installation

Logically the first thing we will have to do is access the official Bluestacks website where we can download the installer of this emulator.

Once downloaded, we run it and the following screen will appear:

To which we can give "Install now" directly or configure the installation directory if we wish

Once the necessary modifications have been made, we proceed to install the emulator. This will take about 2 or 3 minutes. At the end we will proceed to execute it, to which we will have to wait another few seconds until the initial configuration appears

The first thing we will have to do is enter a Google account to have the Google Play store operational

Next, we will be shown the typical Android desktop in Tablet mode.

Using Bluestaks Windows 10

The interface that shows us is very clean of buttons and presents a distribution of windows using tabs. For example, if we open an application it will load us in a new tab in the emulator. In this way we can easily close the ones that we no longer want to use. Let's look superficially at what this emulator offers us.

If we go to the upper right corner of the main window we will have the main options of the program.

• Settings: from here we can change the performance and display parameters of the emulator, make backup copies, configure notifications and others. If we have a powerful team we can configure the "Engine" options to the maximum to have better graphics when playing in the virtual machine.

• Tips to speed up: the application itself shows us a series of general tips to speed up the performance of the emulator. Change skin: with this option we can change the appearance of the emulator, as well as the simulated Android environment. Change wallpaper: this option we see that requires the purchase of the product, so on its side it shows us "Premium Function".

At the bottom we will have more options such as:

• Key Mapper: using this utility we can configure a TouchPad or Keyboard to assign Android functions to the physical keys of the device. in this way we can better simulate the controls of a mobile phone, or optimize the control for games without the need to use the mouse.

• Full screen function. Select location: using this option we can select a specific location, for example, for a game.

• Take screenshots Vibrate screen

Let's install for example a new game. The first thing that appears to us is the option to configure the controls that affect this specific game, an important detail that marks the high compatibility of the emulator with all kinds of applications.

The sensations have been very good and we have not had any problems when using different applications, except for Pokemon Go, which does not allow us to authenticate ourselves to play.

Do you think it is a good option to start using Android on your PC?

If you want to know more about these emulators for Android we have an interesting list in another tutorial:

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