Cell phones today have become
everyday thing among the people
from different walks of life. The
reason that caused such
proliferation of cellular phones is
the existence of a vast amount of
addictive applications and games
that can be played on these cell
phones. These apps and games
significantly further the usability of
a mobile phone and hence the most
popular cell phones out there in the
market, including but not limited to
the Apple’s iPhone and other
phones loaded with Android OS are
leading with lots of apps with
technological advancements that
have the ability to be more
productive. The first apps to go
viral at an unprecedented pace
were the apps with calling and
texting, which are capable of
reducing the burden on your wallet
by helping you stay in touch with
your dear ones. Such apps are
rightly called “Over The Top” or
OTT apps, some examples are
WeChat, WhatsApp, Viber, Line,
Rebtel etc. The important
differences in these apps are that
only a few of these apps help you
make phone calls (Rebtel and Viber)
, the others are only text messaging
based. In my case, a dilemma that
occupies me is why should I take
these bulky cellular phones just to
enjoy these apps, especially when I
am next to a computer? Sadly, less
than a handful of the app
devloping companies have looked
at creating their apps for a
computer natively. Switching
between phone and PC is time
consuming since you need to stop
whatever you need to work on
your computer and again use your
phone in order to use these
applications. Viber for PC is the
first and foremost step in this
direction but it lacks a lot.
Companies other than the ones that
deal with app development have
put a lot of efforts to make users
capable of using Android
applications on their laptops or
computers. Their efforts have seen
the bright light now, as it is
possible to use Android apps on
computers or laptops. Eureka! This
solution is a side product of a
method to allow application
developers to test their phone apps
during development on their
computers before submitting them
for review by the stores such as the
Windows’ app store, Apple’s iTunes
or the Google Play store. That is to
say, a phone app developer could, if
needed, try his/her Android phone
app on personal machines using an
emulator, test the app, and
subsequently submit it for review.
This is the same method we will
use to enjoy Android apps on PC.
Today we are going to discuss how
can a novice user employ this
information to use her favorite
phone app on a laptop without the
costly affair of a cellphone. This
technique, of course, will apply
equally even when you want to
download Android games on your
personal computer.
Steps to Get Android Games/
Apps on your PC
1. Download an Android emulator
called Bluestacks. There is also
Youwave, but it won’t work with
ARM based apps.
2. Install Bluestacks and run it.
Note: You might run into graphics
errors during installation,
however you should be able to
find a solution to most of the
Bluestacks errors here.
3. On the home page of Bluestacks,
click on the search button and
type in the name of the app or the
game you want.
4. Select one of the many app
stores and install the app. Go back
to the home page and you should
see the app listed there, you
should be able to double click the
app and run it.
I hope you find this tutorial
helpful. Feel free to leave a
comment if you are stuck
anywhere or need specific
instructions for your favorite
game or app.
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