▷ How to install android emulator for windows 10

Would you like to have Android on your computer? In this tutorial you will learn how to install an Android emulator for Windows 10. Additionally, we will cite some of the most successful emulators currently.

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Almost all of us have ever wanted to have the applications and games of our Android Smartphone on our PC. the truth is that there are very useful applications in the Google operating system and very fun games, that if it weren't for the battery limitation we would be playing for hours.

There are many totally free Android emulators and before installing any, it is worth giving a review of the most important.

Emulators for Windows 10

Android Studio

This totally free software is the official distribution from Google and is intended for use by developers. In this way you can create and test applications and games from the programming environment itself.

Android studio also has an Android Emulator for Windows 10 and also has compatibility with the Mac OS operating system.

Although it is true that, even if it is the official Google application, its use is more complex than the rest. This is because, being oriented to programmers and advanced users, it will take us longer to learn how to use them.

BlueStacks

This Android emulator for Windows 10 is considered one of the best emulators to play on Android. It is software that we can also download completely free of charge.

The latest version implements an emulator with Android in its version 7.1.2 (Nougat). This emulator is ideal for playing the latest games available with a high level of graphics. You will need good performance hardware to be able to run all kinds of games on it.

It implements functions such as support with cameras and other sensors, multi touch inputs, integration with Gamepads, mouse and keyboard, etc. Everything you need to offer excellent compatibility with your hardware.

Emulator using VirtualBox

VirtualBox is free software that is capable of implementing virtual machines on an operating system, be it Windows 10 or later versions. In addition to the typical options of installing operating systems such as Windows or Mac, there is also the possibility of creating Android virtual machines.

For this we will need to download the ISO image of the Android version that we want to install.

Thanks to VirtualBox we can have Android for Windows 10 and install our favorite applications and games as if we were on our Smartphone. We must take into account the typical limitations when being on a PC: GPS sensors, accelerometers, etc.

NoxPlayer

Finally, we will talk about the one we consider the best option and one of the most used emulators: NoxPlayer. It is also free and fully compatible with almost all games and applications on the Google system.

Once installed, we can have applications installed from APK and Google Play. Another very interesting option is the possibility of customizing the appearance of our Android system with a theme selector. We can also choose which model of Smartphone or Tablet to use, since the emulator has different options among which are Samsung or Huawei devices.

The control of the system will be carried out by mouse and also keyboard, since it is possible to customize keyboard shortcuts for different functions. It is also compatible with GamePads to be able to play.

After this quick review of some of the most interesting options, at least in this tutorial we are going to teach you how to install NoxPlayer.

Installation of NoxPlayer, the Android emulator for Windows 10

The first thing to do is go to the official page to download the software. It is completely free, so no subscription or anything like that will be necessary.

Once the application is downloaded, we will run it to begin its installation.

We will click on the "install" button to start the process.

The program will install us accessible utilities with two icons:

• "Nox" icon: to directly run the Android emulator "Multi-Drive" icon: it is a window where we can add more Android versions to emulate

Once installed, click on "start". We will get a tutorial of the basic elements of our Android emulator.

When we have gone through the entire introductory tutorial, we will be inside our Android operating system.

To start installing applications as on a mobile device we will need to enter our user account. For this we click on the icon "tools" and inside it to "settings. The device configuration options will be opened and there we can enter our account.

NoxPlayer performance settings

If we click on the gear wheel icon in the upper right corner of the emulator we will open its configuration options.

We go to the "advanced" tab and here we can select one of the three profiles that come by default or directly establish a custom one.

The more resources we allocate, the more powerful our emulated Android device will be. Obviously subject to the limitations of our hardware.

Configuration of the type of device to emulate

In addition to configuring the hardware resources, we can also select which device we want to emulate.

• Again we will go to the configuration wheel of the program and we will be located on the "Properties" tab Here we will have a series of devices to emulate. When we select the one we want, click on "Restart and save".

Android update in NoxPlayer

When we install NoxPlayer in its version 6.2 the version of the operating system activated by default is 4.4.2

The latest version available in this emulator is Android 7.1.2 Nougat. To activate it we will do the following:

• In the right sidebar we will look for the icon that says "Multi-Run Emulator" and click on it. We can also access it directly if we click on the “Multi-Drive” icon located on our desktop. In the new window we choose the “Add emulator” option We choose “Raw-Android7.1.2” to have the latest version available

A download process will begin to install the emulator with this version. When this concludes we will give the "play" button and another instance of the program will start with the new version of Android.

We must bear in mind that it is still in Beta version, so it could present some errors. If we try it and we are not convinced, we will only have to do the same procedure and select the previous stable version available.

Now we will have two versions in the emulator. Every time we want to run our emulator we will go to this "Multi-Drive" icon and run the instance we want.

If you want to show your friends how you play on Android from your pc or even broadcast your indirect games, you just have to read our tutorials:

It is up to you to continue exploring all the options available in this excellent Android emulator for Windows 10. If you decide to use this or another of those we have discussed, leave it to us in the comments.