Company:BlueStacks
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| Type | Private company |
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| Industry | Virtualization, mobile software |
| Genre | Android emulator |
| Founded | April 25, 2009[1][2] |
| Founders | Rosen Sharma, Jay Vaishnav, Suman Saraf[3] |
| Headquarters | Campbell, California , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Products | App Player, GamePop |
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BlueStacks is an United States technology company known for the BlueStacks App Player and other cloud-based cross-platform products. The BlueStacks App Player is designed to enable Android applications to run on PCs running Microsoft Windows and Apple's macOS. 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.
The company was announced May 26, 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.[4] App Player exited beta on June 7, 2014. On July 23, 2014 Samsung announced [5] it had invested in BlueStacks. This brought total outside investment in BlueStacks to $26 million.[6]
BlueStacks App Player
The App Player, software that virtualizes an Android OS, can be downloaded in versions for Windows 10 and macOS. The software's basic features are free to download and use. Advanced optional features require a paid monthly subscription.[7] The company claims the App Player can run 1.5 million Android apps as of November 2019.[8] As of February 2021, BlueStacks have been downloaded over 1 billion times and has more than 500 million users.[9] App Player features mouse, keyboard, and external touchpad controls.
See also
References
- ↑ "BlueStacks hits a billion apps used per month and launches new mobile platform" (in en-US). 2015-12-03. https://venturebeat.com/2015/12/03/bluestacks-hits-a-billion-apps-used-per-month-and-launches-new-mobile-platform/.
- ↑ "BlueStacks Partners With AMD, Bringing 500,000 Android Apps To Windows PCs" (in en-US). https://social.techcrunch.com/2012/09/27/bluestacks-partners-with-amd-bringing-500000-android-apps-to-windows-pcs/.
- ↑ Media, Ryan Daws | 19th September 2018 | TechForge (2018-09-19). "BlueStacks emulates Android '6x faster' than leading smartphone and is a verified app (safe to download)" (in en-GB). https://developer-tech.com/news/2018/sep/19/bluestacks-emulate-android-smartphone/.
- ↑ Empson, Rip. "BlueStacks Releases App Player And Cloud Connect Service To Let You Run Android Apps On Your PC". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/11/bluestacks-releases-app-player-and-cloud-connect-service-to-let-you-run-android-apps-on-pcs/.
- ↑ Etherington, Darrell. "After 10M Downloads, Samsung Backs GamePop As BlueStacks Adds $13M In New Funding". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/23/samsung-backs-gamepop-as-bluestacks-adds-13m-in-new-funding/.
- ↑ "Samsung invests $13M in Android microgaming console GamePop" (in en). CNET. https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-invests-in-android-based-microgaming-console-gamepop/.
- ↑ Whitney, Lance. "Android apps can now run on your PC via BlueStacks". CNET. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20118500-93/android-apps-can-now-run-on-your-pc-via-bluestacks/.
- ↑ "BlueStacks Features and Comparison" (in en-US). https://www.bluestacks.com/comparison-chart.html.
- ↑ "What is Bluestacks?" (in en-US). https://www.bluestacks.com/about-us.html.
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