Here’s some information that should please those of you who have ever
wanted to have an Android app on your PC as we can tell you about the
arrival of some software from Socketeq dubbed WindowsAndroid. The
WindowsAndroid download allows users to add Android apps on a Windows PC
and the great appeal of this software is that Android will run
natively, thereby sidestepping emulation.
Emulation is not required because instead of using the Linux kernel,
WindowsAndroid runs on the Windows kernel and this means you’ll enjoy
faster speeds. The version of WindowsAndroid that has just been
released works with Android 4.0.3 so at this point there’s no Jelly Bean
action but newer versions will be ported at some time. So far though
WindowsAndroid should be compatible with Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Vista. You can see a video showing WindowsAndroid below this story.
WindowsAndroid supports mouse and keyboard and also touch controls on
Windows 8 computers but bear in mind this is in the early working
stages and so may not be bug or crash free. Socketeq’s website
is heavily overloaded at the moment as you might imagine but usually
you’ll be able to grab the WindowsAndroid download from there.
Otherwise there are some mirror links for WindowsAndroid at this Reddit thread. A copy of GApps is also a good idea for all kinds of Google stuff.
We’ll give our usual caution about downloading and installing
software of this kind and point out that if you choose to do so it is
entirely at your own risk and your own responsibility if anything goes
wrong. Still we know how many of you enjoy this kind of thing so have
shared this information with you.
While there may be plenty of people who can’t see the point of
running Android on a PC we think there are plenty more who will love
WindowsAndroid and will be checking it out. We’d like to know what you
think about WindowsAndroid so let us know by sending your comments to
us.
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