Technology content trusted by users in Australia and around the world.
4,956 Articles | 29,916 Posts
Select Your Edition:  
Tweakipedia
A wealth of
tech information!

TRENDING NOW: Sony stock sees a surge after the Xbox One was unveiled
AU EditionYou are located: Home > All News > Gaming News > AMD joins forces with BlueStacks, produces AMD AppZone Player

AMD joins forces with BlueStacks, produces AMD AppZone Player

By: (more) | Gaming News | Posted: Sep 27, 2012 4:18 pm

Computer, Android. Android, Computer. Now that you two have met, maybe we can move on to bigger and better things, such as allowing Android's games to play on the computer. Well, that's exactly what AMD has done with the help of BlueStacks. The two have worked together to produce AMD AppZone Player, which will enable hundreds of thousands of Android apps to be used on AMD PCs.

 

amd_joins_forces_with_bluestacks_produces_amd_appzone_player

 

The new app is a really cool program that uses BlueStack's "award-winning LayerCake Technology" to bridge Android and x86 application ecosystems. I'm pretty confident that the AppZone Player features an Android emulator, though I can't be 100 percent confident. If you want to check it out, the apps, and player, are available on AMD's AppZone website.

 

Rosen Sharma, CEO of BlueStacks said "As the engine behind the AMD AppZone Player, we are providing a potent combination of award-winning software optimized for AMD's industry-leading hardware. Consumers can now enjoy their favourite mobile apps on the larger, more immersive screen of their PC"

 

Mr Sharma added, "This helps AMD leapfrog Intel by making Windows 8 more attractive on their tablets and PCs. We've worked closely together to optimize the performance of the apps for AMD's unique 'graphics and computing on one chip' setup. The result is awesome - mobile apps run beautifully on their machines."

 

This is likely the most important aspect of the project. By bringing all of the Google Play Store to Windows-based tablets, users can have the best of both worlds. They are able to run Windows 8 and use all their normal programs, as well as gain access to the wide market of Apps previously only available to Android. This should help make AMD-powered tablets more attractive to consumers.


SOURCE #1

Related Tags



Further Reading: Read and find more Gaming news at our Gaming news index page.

TweakTown News RSS FeedDo you get our news RSS feed? Get It! Got a news tip? Tell Us!

Post a Comment about this news



Check out our
RSS feeds!
  • Upcoming Content: PQI Air Card 4GB Wi-Fi SDHC Review
  • Upcoming Content: LaCie CloudBox 1TB Personal NAS Review
  • Upcoming Content: Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season Three (1989) Blu-ray Review
  • Upcoming Content: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Blu-ray Movie Review
  • Upcoming Content: Whatever happened to Comodo Time Machine?
  • Upcoming Content: SuperSpeed RamDisk Plus 11 Software Review
  • Upcoming Content: ADATA DashDrive Elite UE700 USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review
  • Upcoming Content: Kingston DT Workspace 64GB 'Windows To Go' USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review
  • Upcoming Content: MyDigitalSSD BP4 240GB mSATA Review


Gaming News Posts

View More Gaming News Posts


TweakTown Web Poll

Question: What new stuff are you most excited to see at Computex Taipei 2013?

Cases, Coolers & PSU’s

CPU's

Gadgets

GPU's & Video Cards

Keyboards & Mice

Laptops, Tablets & Phones

Motherboards & Chipsets

New Tech

SSD's & Memory

Booth Babes

or View the Results

View More Polls

Forum Activity

View More Forum Posts

Gaming Press Releases

View More Gaming Press Releases