The biggest surprise in Windows 11 is native support for Android apps: they can be installed through the Microsoft Store with an integrated Amazon Appstore and as separate APK files. Despite some limitations, such as the inability to use applications that require Google services, this Windows 11 feature seems to be killer for all Android emulators. But Rosen Sharma, head of one of the most popular emulators – BlueStacks, believes that the hype around this system feature is greatly exaggerated.
Android Authority has sent several questions to the head of BlueStacks about how the new feature will affect third-party emulators for Windows.
First off, Rosen Sharma stated that he was surprisingly happy with this option in Windows 11. But he also stressed:
We are experts in Android mobile games and deeply understand fundamental issues such as virtualization as well as everyday issues such as keyboard and mouse support. We have created an application container technology that runs on top of [эмулируемого] Android and solves all of the above problems.
For new market participants [Microsoft] it is not so easy. For starters, applications must be usable on different types of Windows devices around the world that do not support touch, have different drivers, and differ in graphics cards. An app that works in the US may not work in Brazil. That they [Android-программы] worked on Windows, the developers have a lot of work to do. This does not apply to BlueStacks. There is also the question of who will handle the support.
In Rosen Sharma’s post, you can see several of the concerns he raised. Even if Windows 11 will natively support Android applications, developers of mobile games and applications will inevitably have to work on optimizations. They may only have to tweak a few things, but it is possible that they will need to completely rebuild the application.
One of the main features of BlueStacks is keyboard and mouse integration that allows you to play Android games designed for touch screens from your computer. It remains a mystery if Microsoft will implement such functionality. For example, macOS Big Sur for computers based on ARM processors does not have such add-ons for iOS applications.
Recall that Windows 11 announced native support (not emulation) of applications for Android, which works thanks to Intel Bridge technology, but will also be available on computers with AMD processors.
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