Many people want to run Android application on their laptops and machines as hundreds of apps are becoming harder to come by on daily basis. Some of the people are addicted to their application on the mobile device and here is where BlueStacks opens the door for them. BlueStacks is a free Android emulator. To put in simple terms, using BlueStacks you can run any Android applications or games on your windows and Mac OS machine.
BlueStacks is software that when installed enables one’s computer (host) to behave like an Android tablet or phone (guest). Using BlueStacks you can run software and applications that are specifically designed for the guest system. BlueStacks allows its user to access every sort of Android application on the current platform, while the application runs as it is in its original environment.
Before proceeding towards how to install BlueStacks on Windows and MAC OS lets have a look at the benefits that it brings.
Bluestacks Features on PC and MAC
- BlueStacks is the safest Android emulator in the market
- It is Open-source means it is free to use
- Provides better graphics quality compared to the original hardware
- Many additional features that you possibly won’t get with the original equipment
- BlueStacks keep the unique look and feel as well as behaving like an android device
- You can sync data of same applications between your mobile device and laptop using BlueStacks
- BlueStacks can make comparable workspace as you work with Android from your computer
- Latest BlueStacks app benchmarks 6-8x faster than major mobile phones
It looks like you are already excited and can’t wait to install BlueStacks on your machine. Let’s start the fun; I will guide you on how to install BlueStacks on Windows and MAC OS step by step.
How to download and install BlueStacks on Windows machine
- You can download BlueStacks from multiple sites, but the safest amongst them are BlueStacks app provider them self, you can click this link to download BlueStacks from their official webpage.
- On the landing page from the link, click green colored “Download BlueStacks” button that you can see in the middle of the page. This will redirect you to the Downloading page.
- There you can see the “Download” button in green color at the top of that page.
- Your BlueStacks app setup is downloaded on your windows machine
- Double click on the downloaded BlueStacks.EXE file which is located in the Windows 10 Downloads folder, and clicks yes when prompted.
- Click Install now.
- Click Complete when available after installation completes.
- BlueStacks is now installed on your system.
- If it doesn’t start automatically, then you can manually start it by double clicking the icon from your desktop.
How to download and install BlueStacks on MAC OS:
- Visit Bluestacks MAC webpage in your browser and hit that download button.
- Your BlueStacks app setup is downloaded on your MAC OS machine.
- Double click on the downloaded BlueStacks DMG (Disk Image).
- Then Double click on BlueStacks icon.
- Click Install when prompted.
- After installation completes, verify the installation when prompted.
- If it doesn’t start automatically, then you can manually start it by double clicking the icon from your desktop.
Now comes a bit more complicated part. Installing applications that you want on your machine’s BlueStacks app. You can download Android apps directly from Play store account using your Gmail from inside BlueStacks. But if you don’t want to go that way or you want to install applications that are not available in the Playstore then you can follow the below steps:
- Download third-party applications that you want from APKMirror, AppBrain, AndroidAPKsFree, and many such other reputable sites. You can download APK by clicking “Download” or “Mirror” links
- Once you have the APK downloaded, click on “My Apps” that you will find in the upper left corner of BlueStacks window.
- Click “install APK”, in the bottom right corner of the window.
- This will open Finder for MAC and File Explorer for Windows
- Navigate to your downloaded APK file, select that APK and click open.
- Following the above steps will install your downloaded APK to BlueStacks app.
- Possibilities are endless, you can reach amongst the top player with better graphics and controls in any game or you can access your docs from mobile on the laptop. You can utilize applications available only in Android that can boost your productivity and so much more.
Download BlueStacks on Windows and MAC OS machine and Let the fun begin !!!