Genymotion

Bring millions of mobile applications on your desktop.

Category: Android Emulator for PC

License: Free & Paid

Current version: Latest

Genymotion Android version: 2.3 to 7.0.

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What is Genymotion?

Genymotion is a complete Android emulator for Windows. It's very powerful and easy to use even for casual users, who shouldn't have any problem navigating and controlling the program.

Genymotion is one of the best free Android emulators on the market. The software, which is both powerful and easy to use, will be of interest to the naturally curious, as well as for Android developers.

Features

A program rich with options:

Genymotion is easy to use and can emulate dozens of Android phones (including popular models such as the Google Nexus and Samsung Galaxy family of products). Your computer's keyboard and mouse are automatically detected, and internet access is supported with no problem. You can enable the geolocation options and even increase or decrease the size of the emulator window when Android applications are launched.

Easy to use with limited launch options:

The Genymotion emulator is free of unnecessary options at launch, but the main menu lets you set up the ADB (Android Debug Bridge), an option useful only to the most advanced users. The Android emulator launches in record time without having to spend ages configuring the software.

Additional Tools and Applications:

The developers provide support for various different versions of the Android operating system that you can choose from; 2.3 to 7.0. Also, Genymotion is able to simulate the characteristics of an array of devices as well. It is worth noting that if you need to create a new virtual device you need to login to a Genymotion account beforehand.

As soon as you have signed in, you are presented with a launch screen. From here you can click 'Add' to select and download an Android machine to emulate. There is a range of various tablets and phones available, all of which cover various builds of Android operating systems. Next up, you just need to start your VM, and viola! you’ll now be able to run an emulated Android environment, in which you can test what you need to, as if it were running on an actual device.

As you would expect, the interface is easy to navigate and it is fairly intuitive. Regarding your chosen VM, Genymotion, helpfully downloads, and then deploys automatically, all the necessary configuration files that are required for each virtual device. This means that your input is marked down to a few simple mouse actions. The app also comes with an array of extra tools that are available to assist your virtual navigation. These can typically be found on the right hand side of the main window. If you need to adjust your settings, such as battery levels and and GPS, you can do so from here.

Overall, Genymotion works really well. If you have a powerful PC then you are in for a treat, as the performance is translated into a rapid, virtual Android VM experience. Ideally, the app is suited for gaming and product testing, and developers will appreciate the available plugins and tools, such as the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) etc.*Please note: Genymotion emulations run on a VirtualBox engine, which need to be installed on your PC before running the app.

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