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Google Play/Android Apps on Windows 10 ARM - Galaxy Book S

Anonymous
2020-04-09T01:31:46+00:00

I recently purchased the samsung galaxy book s and I was wondering if I could play android apps on it. I know there are several emulators...bluestack, nox, memu, etc. but I feel like I technically don't need an emulator since my PC runs on Windows 10 ARM aka qualcomm snapdragon 8cx and doesnt have x86 drivers. So shouldnt I be able to just download and play android apps as is since they also run on ARM?

Not too technical but every emulator Ive tried fails due to drivers since my Windows isnt the full RT version. 

Thanks for the help in advance.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-04-09T01:54:34+00:00

    Hi allgoodnthehood,

    No you can't run Android apps directly on Windows 10 OS. APK files only run on Android Operating System because that's how they are coded. Apps and Games are written on a specific programming language just like us humans who are familiar with our native language. APK files does not understand the language of Windows 10 therefore it needs a translator which is in this case an Emulator which is the best possible way to run an Android app on Windows 10. Same experience here with every emulator I use that's why I stop them. I used to play Clash of Clans before on Windows 10 using BlueStacks but it's kinda buggy. I'm sorry for the bad news.

    ~ Lee

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