Android Apps On Windows 8

There are a number of apps on my Lenovo A1 Tablet that I enjoy using, but I'm mostly using my Windows 8 laptop.  I found a program that runs on Windows 8 (and has a Beta for Windows 7 that I haven't tried) and allows me to enjoy some of the Android apps.

Bluestacks can be downloaded from http://www.bluestacks.com/ :

 You can then download Android apps from several websites (Amazon, Google Play) and then use them.  Here is what my Bluestacks window contains:

To stop an application, I use the <esc> key.  To close Bluestacks in Windows 8, you left-swipe the charms bar (the black rectangle at the bottom of the previous image comes up), then click on the X circle.

I suspect there is is a limit to how much memory you can use for the apps, and the emulation that is necessary to run Android on Windows 8 may be very slow and may make some of the apps run too slow to be much fun; however, the apps I have installed work pretty good!

Give it a try, and you might like it!  Besides, it's free! And many of the Android apps don't cost anything and are better (in my opinion!) than many of the Windows 8 programs from the Windows Store.