The developers claim that it's much faster than the “any mobile on Earth,” and is 6-times faster than the Samsung Galaxy S9+. BlueStacks 4 claims to have a 31.25% advantage over the Galaxy S9+ when running Lineage 2, and 12.6% advantage when playing the ever so popular PUBG. According to the developers, the new software “is now able to use your computer’s resources much more efficiently” to deliver speedier performance. Although playing with the keyboard and mouse may be sometimes disadvantageous over playing with thumbs, the interest is certainly there and BlueStacks wants to capitalize on that.īlueStacks 4 is built upon Android 7.1.2 Nougat and features Hyper-G Graphics for enhanced visuals. However, the ever-growing mobile gaming market seems to have brought the interest back to life.
But Android apps' poor support for non-touch input meant it had to die. There was a time when running Android apps on PCs seemed to be the latest obsession. It has seen a number of major updates over the years, and the latest one, BlueStacks 4, promises to deliver a better smartphone gaming experience on a PC than on any of the high-end smartphone out there.
Launched in 2011, the free utility makes it possible to run Android applications on a PC or Mac. BlueStacks, the Android emulator for PC and Mac, has released a new version which brings massive improvements over previous releases.