You can plug in your phone, download an emulator, or install the Google Play Store to access Android apps on your computer. Some tinkering may be required.

In the name of convenience, many apps these days are designed to be cross-platform. They can run on both mobile and desktop, so you can readily switch between devices without starting from scratch. It ...

*Game lovers have a wide selection of mobile games from app stores and plenty of them are mobile-only. Yet, quite a few people love to play their favorite Android games on PC with a bigger screen ...

It's like iPhone mirroring but for Android. One of Apple's best recent features is iPhone mirroring, which lets you control an iPhone from a Mac. Scrcpy is a free application for Linux, Windows, and ...

Sefirah is a free Android to PC tool that beats Microsoft Phone Link by offering fast pairing, seamless file transfer, clipboard sync, notifications, remote PC controls, and even screen mirroring, all ...

Android Studio and Google Play Games for PC should be the top choices for regular users. Gamers can opt for specialized offerings like Bluestacks, Nox Player, MuMu Player, and Genymotion, which offer ...

Connect your Pixel to an external monitor over USB-C, and you get a desktop interface to play around with.

We get an early look at one of the screens Google is planning to use to introduce Android desktop users to their OS.

GameNative, a new open-source PC emulator on Andoird, now lets you collect milestones while running games from your Steam library.

Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to Android, phones, and apps. Outside the tech world, he follows global events and developments shaping the world of geopolitics.

[UPDATE: You can no longer install Android apps to your Windows computer using the Amazon app store] Ever since Windows 11 first hit the scene, we saw a ton of effort ...