


Genymotion also keeps on running in the background but is not heavy on resources. Genymotion also provides you all the features of an Android phone and hence may be preferred to regular Android SDK for Windows. It is faster compared to Bluestacks and does not have the problem of installing random applications. Coming to Genymotion, it is focused on the developers but is much easier to use compared to standard Android SDK. Though there is a regular Android SDK that most developers use, I won’t mention it here as it requires much technical knowledge to configure and use it. This seems as if built upon the faults of Bluestacks - to eliminate them. And it also makes it fun for the regular Android apps users by making their apps run faster and smoother. This serves a better purpose for developers who wish to test their applications on a wider screen. Read our review of Andy Emulator on The Windows Club.

The features of the Android phone are absent in the latter due to which, some people prefer Andy as it gives you a complete look of the Android phone. There is a good competition between Andy and Bluestacks. It just serves as an Android app launcher. Also, it won’t show you all features of an Android phone as other emulators do - such as settings, etc. There are other problems such as promotions of Android apps and push notifications from the makers of this emulator. It took almost 10 minutes for the first run. The only drawback is that it is a bit slow to start. While playing games, you can go full screen and back using a double-headed arrow icon. You can run the apps directly by clicking on them or by launching the emulator and then selecting the apps. You can access this from your list of libraries. The emulator creates a new library called Apps. But I did not notice any slowdown in speed for my other (Windows-based) applications like Word etc. That is to say that once installed it will be running continuously in the background. It installs a special service that you can see in Windows Services and the Task Manager. It takes a while to install, so you have to be patient. Four years later, it is the most preferred Android emulator for Windows computers. We had covered Bluestacks Android Emulator earlier when it was just a concept.
