But other apps work just as well, and everything we tried ran without problems.Ī toolbar to the right of the window provides options to simulate shaking your device, to set a virtual location, take a screenshot, install an APK from the host, and more. The program has reasonable gaming support, and allows you to play using a joystick, mouse, or the keyboard (map your preferred keys to make life easier). This only has one or two apps by default, but fortunately Play Store is included, so you can search for and install whatever you like in the usual way. On launch Nox APP Player fired up a virtual Android 4.4.2 tablet in a near-full-screen window.

The only action we had to take was to agree to the installation of a USB driver, and after doing that, the program was ready to go. Installation was slow on our test PC, but straightforward enough. BlueStacks crashes often or takes a long time to load before it shows the app icons.Nox APP Player is an emulator which allows you to run Android apps in a window on your PC desktop. The problem with this Android emulator is the slow launch. You can install the free version that contains ads and sponsored apps while the paid version removes both of them. Is there a better alternative?īlueStacks is a good alternative to Nox when it comes to reliability. The Nox App Player is available for computers running on the Windows (7,8,8.1, and 10), Linux and macOS. You can set the virtual pad buttons with your gamepad, keyboard, or mouse. Nox lets you line up virtual pad buttons on the screen of a game or app. You can also map the touchscreen buttons to your gamepad buttons and analog input easily with the Nox Simulate Touchpad. You can connect nearly any gamepads that work on Windows or Mac computers such as the Xbox One controller, and PS4 Dual Shock 4.

Sometimes the Android emulator will stop working for no reason. But, the program will crash if there are too many things are happening within the game like so many enemies populating the screen. There is no problem starting up Nox and opening any games. This feature is not only useful for running nearly any Android apps, but you can also use it to test your software on certain phones. The Android emulator lets you set the CPU and RAM of the program as well as the phone model of the program.

With the Nox emulator, you can create an Android virtual phone that has the same specs as high-end phones or better. Customizable performance Everyone can experience the performance of the latest Zenphone or Galaxy phones with Nox.

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