You can use BlueStacks to test out a new app if you don’t want it to have access to any of the data on your phone or tablet. All you need to do is download the APK file to your computer and run it on BlueStacks. Once you download the free BlueStacks software, you’ll be able to play mobile games or open other apps that were designed especially for Android devices, on your PC.īlueStacks is an Android Emulator, which means it creates an environment that is compatible with APK files. If you’ve ever wanted to run Android apps on your PC, BlueStacks can change your life. Best Parental Control for iPhone & iPad.IPVanish VPN vs Private Internet Access.One final note if anyone finds this post later this might be of use, it looks like there is one android emulator now that is running android 9. 2 Nougat, it is unlikely the company will offer a newer version for quite a while.

Considering BlueStacks 4 also ran on Android 7.1. Never mind scratch what I just said, per an article I found on android authority 'Unfortunately, there is no way to update BlueStacks to a more recent version of Android. I understand this is unsupported, but can you confirm if this is possible? The first one I tried ended up being a scammy app that just kept sending adverts and I'm hoping that they're not all like that. I haven't had time to dig into it yet, but doing a quick google search it looks like you can upgrade the android version of BS to something higher.

I just found it odd that RS3 was being advertised as something you could do with BS if that wasn't possible. It was working well, but then they stopped supporting Android 7. Like /u/KingGrowl said my interest in using Blue Stacks is for the macros.

Update bluestack android version