“It extends the Remix OS experience and enables more folks to get a taste of Android PCs.” “Remix OS Player is aimed at people who want the easiest way to try Remix OS and experience Android games and apps running on a big screen PC,” explained David Ko, co-founder of Jide. Unlike Android Studio and other emulators, Remix OS Player will let Android developers optimize their apps for the Android PC/Chrome OS environment because of its mouse and multiple window support. “Remix OS Player” is the fastest and most optimized Android emulator on the market and is based on Google’s own Android Studio.
exe file to run Remix OS directly from their desktop. Installation only requires the user to download an. “Remix OS Player” is first available for Windows PCs, with Mac support coming in future.
For the more dedicated gamer, Remix OS also includes a key mapping tool that allows Android games with touch control schemes to be played more effectively with keyboard and mouse. As the ultimate desktop version of Android, Remix OS integrates PC features such as multiple resizable windows, taskbar interface, and complete access to the Google Play Store for an experience that offers the best of mobile and PC.Īndroid has a wide range of games available on the Play Store all of which can be played on Remix OS, such as or including Clash Royale, Pokémon Go, and Vainglory on their PCs. The download is available here: Remix OS was born from the belief that Android is the future of computing but with an awareness that improvements had to be made before the “Android PC” became viable. The Marshmallow based “Remix OS Player” is the easiest way for anyone to experience Remix OS and run their favorite Android games and apps on a PC. This can take around 20-25 minutes, you can check the ETA shown on the screen.Īfter booting, you’ll be presented with an all-new and refreshing Android to experience on your desktop.September 15th, 2016 (Beijing, China) - Today Jide Technology, the team behind Remix OS, releases an emulated version of the Android operating system, which is free to download on Windows.
Now you will see the Remix OS option in the Windows Boot Menu, select it, and hit enter.ĭon’t get too excited yet! The main process will now start as Remix OS creates a new 8GB partition on your hard drive to install the Android OS. In our case, we installed it on a secondary formatted partition ‘D’ in dual-boot mode with Windows 7.ĥ. In Type choose ‘Hard Disk’ and in Drive choose system partition (generally ‘C’ drive) where your current Windows is installed. Open the ‘ Remix OS Installation Tool‘, browser and select the ROM.
zip file package to a folder on your desktop.Ĥ. (Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available)ģ. Download the Remix OS for PC package, this contains the Remix OS for PC ROM and Installation Tool. As we’re Dual-booting, we consider that Windows OS is already installed on your computer.Ģ. In this short guide, we will tell how you can easily Dual Boot Remix OS for PC Beta with Windows –ġ. Under Type option pick the Hard Drive if you want to install it on your computer (this will write files to a hard drive you choose but won’t replace Windows files) or choose USB to install it on a USB drive (this won’t interfere with Windows drive). Users installing Remix OS on PC’s internal hard disk can expect better read/write speeds and can run it alongside Windows without the need to carry a flash drive. Open the installer tool, select the ISO file of the Remix OS using the Browse button. Before proceeding, I’d like to state that the installation process went smoothly without any issues. It should be noted that currently the installation tool only supports Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10, with a minimum capacity of 8GB. Unlike its alpha version that only supported installation on a USB flash drive, the beta version lets you install Remix OS on a hard drive or SSD, so you run it with Windows OS in a dual-boot mode. Terminal app pre-installed for developers