Windows Phone is still far behind Android in terms of features and apps. Microsoft has given up on Windows Phone and some old phones like Lumia , have been abandoned by the company.
The old Lumias can no longer receive new updates, in other words, the old Lumias are nothing more than a brick. You can, however, run Android on Lumia instead of Windows 10 and give your phones a new life.
Some features may be not available, although the overall performance is still decent. You will also get some apps that are not available on low-end Windows Phones. Furthermore, the overall performance is actually better than Windows 10 Mobile.
The hack has been tested on Lumia , , , and and it would not work on any other Lumia phones. The developers are however working to add support for all Snapdragon processor phones. From inside your Virtual Machine, you can install the ISO file and then boot into the operating system. Find an official guide to the installation options for Android-x86 here. BlueStacks is one of the longest-enduring methods to install Android on PC, founded in and still going strong.
Additional features include: a simplified UI, optimizations dedicated to gaming, key-mapping, multi-instance support to run multiple apps, and even Google Accounts at once. The user interface on Windows is more akin to what you would see in a web browser. It offers quick app switching in a tab format on the top of the window. However, those hoping to install their own launchers will be disappointed. The option was removed with the release of BlueStacks 4. On the plus side, BlueStacks also integrates with Windows to transfer files like APKs and there is even universal copy and paste.
BlueStacks remains a virtual machine at its core. The latest version, Bluestacks 5 , runs on either bit or bit Nougat, and has many performance enhancements to run on both high- and low-end PCs. It is also heavily monetized, which some find distasteful. It will repeatedly request that you download apps from its partners, and suggest sponsored apps and games on the main menu.
Check out what BlueStacks has to offer by clicking on the link below. The Chinese software is ad-supported, which might be a put-off compared to alternatives.
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