Why Do You Install Android on VirtualBox?Īndroid is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.īecause the copyright of Android belongs to Google, over 70 percent of Android smartphones run Google's ecosystem. Users can download and install apps and games from Google Play. So far, the Google Play Store features over 3 million apps and most of them are not compatible with Windows PCs. If you want to run Android apps downloaded from Goggle Play on PC, you need to install an Android emulator. Then, why not you install Android x86 on VirtualBox directly? Of course, you can install BlueStacks or other Android emulators, but most of these emulators use the Android-x86 On VirtualBox (AOVB) technology to emulate Android on PC. In addition, if you want to test some features of Android, VirtualBox Android emulator is also a good choice. Top 6 Free Android Emulators for Windows 10/11 PC to Play Games What Is Android x86?Īs you see, I mentioned Android x86 in the above content. You should note that Android x86 is not the same as the Android. Android is an operating system designed for ARM chips and it can’t run on x86 chips. To solve this problem, Android x86 comes out. The Android x86 project was launched since 2009 and is a derivative of the open-source Google Android operating system, targeting x86 processors instead of RISC-based ARM chips.

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