What happens here is you download BlueStacks Cloud Connect app for Android onto your Android device (it’s free) then you connect to the BlueStacks App Player on your PC via a pin code which is provided to you. Cloud connect is a novel process that downloads apps from your Android device onto your PC. In other words, you are no longer required to have a Facebook account to download more apps. The video is of an older version of BlueStacks since the video was released BlueStacks has added the ability to register an account with BlueStacks (it’s free).

Note: The above video says you need to login via Facebook. Only apps featured by BlueStacks are available via this method. The first method is “Featured Apps” which allow users to download Android apps directly to their desktop via BlueStacks’ app channel. The video shows the BlueStacks App Player gadget in use, but if you don’t want to use the gadget you can load BlueStacks App Player like any normal PC program (double click the icon on your desktop or launch it via start menu) in full-screen mode:īy default BlueStacks comes with nine apps installed and users are given the ability to install more apps via two methods. Confused? The following video shows BlueStacks in action:Īs you can see in the video, you use apps with your mouse and keyboard, running ‘droid apps on Windows works very well, and using BlueStacks App Player itself is very easy.

Because of this process, you don’t have a fully virtual Android device (don’t expect to be able to pull up device settings or have a homepage with widgets) but in return you have a seamless integration of apps on your PC with lightening fast response times. Rather, BlueStacks App Player focuses on facilitating the usage of Android apps on your computer. However, it doesn’t simply load up a virtualized device on your computer, giving you full access as if you were using a phone (or tablet). Yeah, you read that properly: Seamlessly run Android apps on PCs.īlueStacks does not port Android apps to Windows rather, BlueStacks runs apps on an emulated Android device on your computer. BlueStacks App Player is a nifty tool for Windows that allows users to seamlessly run Android apps on their PCs. Ever wanted to run Android apps on your PC? If so, BlueStacks might be up your alley.

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