Install Android on PC with BlueStacks Emulator

BlueStacks is a useful Android emulator to connect to the Google Play Store to install Android apps on your PC or Mac computer virtually. There are many popular applications on the Android mobile platform such as Angry Birds and Instagram. But unfortunately, these applications can not be run on a PC with Windows or Mac operating system without going through the emulator. The following will explain how to install BlueStacks App Player so that we can run our favorite Android apps on a PC with Windows operating systems. Once installed, you can buy BlueStacks or keep using it for free on the condition that you have to install Android applications from application developers who partner with BlueStacks.

1. Log into the site BlueStacks.com http://www.bluestacks.com/

2. Click the appropriate download BlueStacks app platform you choose Windows or Mac. The file size of about 10MB.

3. After downloading, click Run on the downloaded setup file to run the BlueStacks apllication setup application.

4. When the installation process is finished, BlueStacks Emulator setup will then download and install the necessary runtime on yout PC or Mac.

5. Once the whole process run time download is complete, you can simply login to the Gmail account you have or create a new Gmail account if you have not already.

6. Finish the Gmail settings, then you can install android applications by selecting the menu above or by using the search feature at the top right corner.

Nevertheless, BlueStacks still has many shortcomings such as Android applications that we open looks opaque and often experience lag, not all features work or work consistently. In contrast to Andy emulator that capable of running the Android operating system on a PC, BlueStacks only run Android applications but does not emulate the Android operating system. So do not expect you can run Android on BlueStacks. This emulator only runs an Android applications on a PC.

Another disadvantage of BlueStacks is the lack of efficient multitasking. To switch from one application to another, you have to go back to the Home screen and then open the application that you want by pressing the application menu.

How to Install Android Apps In BlueStacks

To search for application on BlueStacks, you can click on the Search button, type the name of the application you are looking for and press the Enter key on the keyboard. It only took a few seconds for BlueStacks to show all relevant results. If you are looking for Android application does not exist or has not been installed, you can click the Search button on Google Play. Next you will be brought into the Google Play Store. You simply install the application that you want through the Google Play Store.

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