; 7 years ago 2009 04 founders rosen sharma jay vaishnav suman saraf headquarters campbell california united states products app player gamepop website www.bluestacks.com bluestacks app player latest version of bluestacks app player stable release 2.5.61.6289 development status active operating system windows xp or later ; mac os x mavericks or later platform x86 x64 size 307.43 mb available in 47 languages type virtual machine android emulator license freeware website bluestacks.com bluestacks is an american technology company that produces the bluestacks app player and other cloud based cross platform products . the bluestacks app player is designed to enable android applications to run on windows pcs and macintosh computers . the company was founded in 2009 by jay vaishnav suman saraf and rosen sharma former cto at mcafee and a board member of cloud.com . investors include 1 andreessen horowitz redpoint samsung intel qualcomm citrix radar partners ignition partners amd and others . bluestacks is sharma s 8th company five of sharma s companies have been acquired by google microsoft citrix twice and mcafee . bluestacks exited beta on june 7 2014 . contents 1 app player 2 gamepop 3 see also 4 references 5 external links app player edit the company was announced may 25 2011 at the citrix synergy conference in san francisco . citrix ceo mark templeton demonstrated an early version of bluestacks onstage and announced that the companies had formed a partnership . the public alpha version of app player was launched on october 11 2011 . 2 app player is a downloadable piece of windows 3 and mac software that virtualizes the full android experience . the software is free to download and use later disabling itself and presenting users with the option to install sponsored apps or purchase a 2 month premium subscription . 4 this is not mentioned before downloading or during install . according to company sources the app player can run over 96 % of the 1.4 million apps in the google play store . 5 it reached the 109 million download mark in dec 2015 . 6 on june 27 2012 the company released an alpha 1 version of its app player software for mac os . 7 while the beta version was released on december 27 2012 . the mac os version of app player is no longer available for download on their homepage as support for it was officially dropped in 2014 . in april 2015 bluestacks inc. announced that a new version of app player for mac os was in development . in july 2015 bluestacks inc. released the new version for mac os . 8 in december 2015 bluestacks inc. released the new version bluestacks 2.0 for windows which lets users runs multiple android apps simultaneously . 9 besides bluestacks there are many other android app players like nox app player 10 and the leapdroid android emulator . 11 minimum requirement for bluestacks include . 2 gb or higher memory 4 gb space in hard drive and direct x 9.0 or higher installed . 12 gamepop edit gamepop was announced on may 9 2013 . it uses a subscription model . 13 it allows users to play as many as 500 mobile games on tv . on july 23 2014 samsung announced 14 it had invested in and was backing gamepop . this brought total outside investment in bluestacks to 26 million . see also edit android x86 virtualbox references edit etherington darrell . after 10m downloads samsung backs gamepop as bluestacks adds 13m in new funding . techcrunch . retrieved 23 july 2014 . empson rip . bluestacks releases app player and cloud connect service to let you run android apps on your pc . techcrunch . retrieved 4 december 2011 . 7 best android emulators to run android games & apps on windows 10 windows able . windowsable.com . retrieved 2016 08 24 . whitney lance . android apps can now run on your pc via bluestacks . cnet . retrieved 4 december 2011 . inc. bluestacks . bluestacks features and comparison . retrieved 2015 04 24 . inc. bluestacks . about bluestacks . rosenblatt seth . bluestacks ports android apps to mac . cnet . retrieved 2012 07 28 . facebook bluestacks . new mac version waitlist signup . retrieved 10 april 2015 . http gadgets.ndtv.com apps news bluestacks 20 for windows launched lets you run multiple android apps simultaneously 773838 http noxappplayer.com http www.leapdroid.com how to install bluestacks on windows 10 without graphics card . technicgang.com . retrieved 2016 08 06 . empson rip . after 10m downloads bluestacks takes on ouya with game console and 6.99 all you can play service . techcrunch . retrieved 11 june 2013 . etherington darrell . after 10m downloads samsung backs gamepop as bluestacks adds 13m in new funding . techcrunch . retrieved 23 july 2014 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bluestacks & oldid 743677622 categories android operating system software companies based in the san francisco bay areaandroid emulation softwareos x internet softwarewindows internet softwarecompanies based in campbell 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