BlueStacks

Bluestack Systems, Inc.
Company typePrivate
Industry
FoundedApril 25, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-04-25)[1][2]
FoundersRosen Sharma, Jay Vaishnav, Suman Saraf[3]
Headquarters
Campbell, California
,
United States
Key people
  • Rosen Sharma
    (CEO, president)
  • Suman Saraf
    (CTO)
  • Hue Harguindeguy
    (CFO)
  • Jay Vaishnav
    (founder and SVP of products)
  • Ben Armstrong
    (VP of business development and operations)
Products
  • App Player
  • BlueStacks X
  • GamePop
Websitewww.bluestacks.com Edit this at Wikidata
BlueStacks App Player
Initial releaseOctober 2011 (alpha)
Stable release
5.21.501[4](August 2, 2024)
Written inJava, .NET
Operating systemWindows 7 or later;[5] macOS Sierra or later[6]
PlatformIA-32, x86-64
Size527 MB
Available in48 languages
TypeAndroid emulator
LicenseFreeware
Websitebluestacks.com

BlueStacks (also known as BlueStacks by now.gg, Inc.) is a chain of cloud-based cross-platform products developed by the San Francisco-based company of the same name. The BlueStacks App Player enables the execution of Android applications on computers running Microsoft Windows or macOS.

  1. ^ "BlueStacks hits a billion apps used per month and launches new mobile platform". VentureBeat. December 3, 2015. Archived from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "BlueStacks Partners With AMD, Bringing 500,000 Android Apps To Windows PCs". TechCrunch. September 27, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  3. ^ Daws, Ryan (September 19, 2018). "BlueStacks emulates Android '6x faster' than a leading smartphone and is a verified app (safe to download)". Developer Tech News. Archived from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  4. ^ "BlueStacks Release Notes". August 4, 2024.
  5. ^ "System requirements for BlueStacks 4". BlueStacks Support. Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  6. ^ "How can I Install and launch BlueStacks on Mac OS?". BlueStacks Support. Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.