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.

It works by mimicking the guest device’s architecture (more on that in a bit). Note that: It is a program (a process that runs on your computer’s operating system). You can still get it at the link, but it’s not in active development so it won’t get any more updates. An Android emulator is a tool that creates virtual Android devices (with software and hardware) on your computer.

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.

However, it is no longer actively updated so we removed it from the list.

Droid4x used to be one of the best options and its later builds are still available.

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.

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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