
This addition allows users to stream their apps to Twitch without the need for extra hardware or software. On April 7, 2016, the company released BlueStacks TV which integrated directly into the BlueStacks App Player. BlueStacks TV (BTV) Root Bluestacks Mac 2016 BlueStacks 2.0 was also available for Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks or later, till 2018. released the new version BlueStacks 2.0 which lets users run multiple Android applications simultaneously. announced that a new version of App Player for macOS, 2.0, was in development, which was released in July.

On June 27, 2012, the company released an alpha-1 version of its App Player software for macOS, while the beta version was released on December 27, 2012. App Player features mouse, keyboard, and external touchpad controls. As of November 2019, BlueStacks have been downloaded over 210 million times. The company claims the App Player can run 1.5 million Android apps as of November 2019. Advanced optional features require a paid monthly subscription. The software’s basic features are free to download and use. The App Player can be downloaded on Windows 10 and macOS software that virtualizes an Android OS. The public alpha version of App Player was launched on October 11, 2011. Citrix CEO Mark Templeton demonstrated an early version of BlueStacks onstage and announced that the companies had formed a partnership.

The company was announced May 25, 2011, at the Citrix Synergy conference in San Francisco.

Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint, Samsung, Intel, Qualcomm, Citrix, Radar Partners, Ignition Partners, AMD, and others. The company was founded in 2009 by Jay Vaishnav, Suman Saraf, and Rosen Sharma, former CTO at McAfee and a board member of. The BlueStacks App Player is designed to enable Android applications to run on PCs running Microsoft Windows and Apple’s macOS. Windows 7 or later macOS Sierra or later īlueStacks is an American technology company that produces the BlueStacks App Player and other cloud-based cross-platform products. BlueStacks Client with Androidhome screen open as of September 2014.
