
ARM devices have a big advantage over x86 devices for running Android Apps as they don't need binary translation. We see the market for BlueStacks App Player expanding considerably with Apple's endorsement of running iOS apps on the Mac form factor, and App Containers is a key technology for this.

This is a key component missing in both Android on Chromebook and iOS apps on Mac.

Sharma says the company is working with developers to bring more titles to BlueStacks X.In a statement about the latest update, Sharad Agarwal, Chief Architect for BlueStacks 5, said, "Our app container technology enables games to be optimized to run on PC, Mac and other devices without any additional work needed from the developer. The challenge for BlueStacks will be adding support for the most popular mobile games, which are currently few and far between on the beta. “With the cloud, if you want to try something new all your friends can try it almost immediately,” said Sharma. Sharma cites examples of popular mobile games such as Genshin Impact or Hearthstone, which both require massive initial downloads, leaving many users short on storage space, and then frequently deliver large updates, delaying the gaming experience and potentially running up large mobile data bills.Ĭrucially, streaming also removes the need for children to have expensive, powerful handsets to play the latest games. And those who may benefit most are people who don’t have high-end smartphones. Even when Apple bought iOS to Mac, a lot of developers actually turned their apps off.” Mobile benefitsīlueStacks X is, according to Sharma, the first time a company has attempted to deliver mobile games - as opposed to console/PC games - via a streaming service. That’s why I’m not surprised that Microsoft was not able to ship this. It’s like the Android fragmentation problem, but a hundred times.

“Seventy thousand apps are played on BlueStacks and that’s across so many different machines - there are so many different PCs.

“It’s actually a really tough space,” he said. Sharma believes Microsoft may have underestimated the complexity of bringing Android apps to Windows. “They created this giant vacuum with no product to sell.” “Microsoft did us a great favor,” said Sharma. Nevertheless, he says his company can take advantage of the gap Microsoft has created. Bluestacks CEO Rosen Sharma says the launch of BlueStacks X is not a direct response to Microsoft’s failure to launch Android apps and that it has been three years in the making.
