BlueStacks

BlueStacks (also known as BlueStacks by now.gg, Inc.) is a chain of cloud-based online 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.

Key facts

Company.name: Bluestack Systems, Inc.
Company.logo: BlueStacks_by_now.gg_new_2023_vertical_logo.png
Company.type: Private
Company.founders: Rosen Sharma, Jay Vaishnav, Suman Saraf
Company.hq_location_city: Campbell, California
Company.hq_location_country: United States
Software.name: BlueStacks App Player
Software.released: October 2011 (alpha)
Software.latest release version: 5.22.71
Software.programming language: Java, .NET
Software.operating system: Windows 7 or later; macOS Sierra or later
Software.platform: IA-32, x86-64

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History
BlueStacks (Android emulator)
BlueStacks 2
BlueStacks 3
BlueStacks 3N
BlueStacks 4
BlueStacks 5
BlueStacks X
BlueStacks Air
Minimum requirements
See also
References

==History== At the Citrix Synergy conference held in San Francisco, an early version of BlueStacks App Player was showcased on stage by Citrix CEO Mark Templeton, who also announced a partnership between the two companies. The initial alpha version of App Player was launched in October 2011, and it exited beta on June 7, 2014. In July 2014, Samsung disclosed its investment in BlueStacks.