Android Apps Can Run on Windows 8 PCs Through BlueStacks

Android developers that are thinking of bringing their apps to Windows-based desktops and laptops now have a new tool at their disposal.

BlueStacks, a company run by the former chief technology officer of McAfee, is adding support for Windows 8 to its “app player software.” That will let users download Android applications and run them natively within Windows.

When Windows 8 launches later this year, BlueStacks will integrate fully into the operating system’s new Metro interface — a widely praised graphical start screen that launches programs and apps from small pictures called tiles — meaning any of the 400,000 Android apps compatible with BlueStacks will be able to run alongside programs and applications built specifically for Windows.

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