BlueStacks App Player software can run Android apps designed for a mobile phone on most computers, allowing players to experience the game on a larger display. Once installed on a PC or Mac, the software lets users operate games and other apps with their mouse, touch pad or microphone.
With Apple and Google apps both running on Windows, the best platform will win, he says. Apple, Google and Microsoft declined to comment. Many more apps are available for mobile devices than for desktops and laptops. Apple's App Store contains more than 800,000 mobile apps, and Google Play offers more than 700,000.
As of last month, the Apple Mac App Store had about 14,000 apps, while Microsoft had about 43,000 for Windows PCs, according to app tracker Distimo. "For PC makers, increasingly, the latest, greatest and most desirable experiences aren't available on their platforms," says John Jackson, an analyst at IDC.
In the future, the software might even let an Android tablet or phone run an iPad app, he says. "Any computer - a tablet, a phablet (a smartphone with a screen of 5 inches or more), a desktop - could use BlueStacks," says Manju Hegde, a corporate vice president at AMD.
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