Most of the rest simply haven’t been updated or in active development in years and don’t really work well anymore with newer operating systems and hardware.

You can still get it at the link, but it’s not in active development so it won’t get any more updates.

YouWave, a once-popular option, has fallen out of favor because it runs much older versions of Android than most of its competitors.

If it comes back up by the time we update this piece again, we’ll gladly add it back to the list. However, the website appears to be down as of the time of this writing.

KoPlayer is an outstanding Android emulator for gamers.

You can specify other options on the command line also, such as the emulated SD card size, the emulator skin, or a custom location for the user data files. However, it is no longer actively updated so we removed it from the list. To create each AVD, you issue the command android create avd, with options that specify a name for the new AVD and the system image you want to run on the emulator when the AVD is invoked.

Droid4x used to be one of the best options and its later builds are still available. To run the emulator in Android Studio, make sure youre using Android Studio 4.

BlueStacks is another emulator that helps users to run android. We don’t know if it’s from the third-party installer or from the Andy developers so until that whole situation resolves, we’re keeping it off of the list. The Pro version includes Unity Mode for Mac users, which hides the Windows interface.

Andy began using some seriously not great development tactics, including suspected bitcoin mining without user permission.

You can still try it out, but you have to browse the official subreddit for download links.

AMIDuOS closed its doors officially on March 7th, 2018.

Leapdroid was purchased by Google and no longer operates.

If we missed any of the best Android emulators for PC, tell us about them in the comments! You can also click here to check out our latest Android app and game lists! Here are what happened to some old classics from the list:

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