In July 2017, BlueStacks released BlueStacks 3 based on a brand new engine and front-end design. BlueStacks released Facebook Live integration in September 2016, allowing users to stream their gameplay to their Facebook profiles, Pages they control, or Facebook Groups they belong to. 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 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 February 2021, BlueStacks have been downloaded over 1 billion times and has more than 500 million users. 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, software that virtualizes an Android OS, can be downloaded in versions for Windows 10 and macOS. This brought total outside investment in BlueStacks to $26 million. On JSamsung announced it had invested in BlueStacks. 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 26, 2011, at the Citrix Synergy conference in San Francisco. 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 known for the BlueStacks App Player and other cloud-based cross-platform products.

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