The company is working on a Mac version but concedes that it may be a while before one is available. Entering a unique pin number in the app then sets up the connection with your PC, allowing you to push over apps from your device.įor now the App Player supports only Windows PCs. To send apps from your phone or tablet to your PC, you'll first need to download the BlueStacks Cloud Connect App on from Google's Android Market and install it on your mobile device.

From the Channels page you can download apps that connect you to the Web sites of dozens of newspapers and news outlets, as well as a host of games, including Checkers, MineSweeper, Sudoku, and Memory Trainer. You can click on an option to add more apps, which requires you to log into the BlueStacks App Channels using a Facebook account.

Overall, the integration with Windows via a simple desktop gadget proved to be clean and seamless. Using a laptop with a multitouch pad was definitely an improvement. The only obstacle I encountered is that since the apps are designed for a touch screen device, running them on a desktop computer with keyboard and mouse was less than ideal. The apps themselves launch in a full-screen virtualized version of the Android operating system, so they run smoothly. Clicking on the gadget opens a menu from which you can launch any of the preloaded Android apps, including Bloomberg News, Bubble Buster, Words Free, and Drag Racing, along with six others. The app places an Android gadget in the upper right corner of your screen. The installation failed the first time around, but a second attempt proved successful. I installed the App Player on a PC running Windows 7. BlueStacks puts Android apps on Windows

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