Genymotion

The first thing you need to know about Genymobile’s Genymotion is that it is meant to be used by developers. And more to the point, developers who create apps for Google’s Android mobile operating system. You see, Genymotion is an Android emulator. It will emulate the Android operating system and thus help developers test their apps.

Genymotion is available for Windows (Vista or newer), it is available for Mac OS X (Snow Leopard or newer), and it is also available for Linux (Ubuntu 12.04 or newer, Debian 7 or newer).
Genymotion is available as a Free and as a paid Business Edition. Genymotion Free is for personal use only. To use Genymotion for professional purposes, you must get a license.

To get started with Genymotion you must perform two tasks: install the software on your PC; sign up and log into your Genymotion account. When you launch Genymotion for the first time, you will be asked to add a new virtual device. But, to be able to add a device, you must log into your Genymotion account first.

Genymotion Free lets you add a Samsung, Google, HTC, Motorola, Sony or a Custom device powered by Android 2.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.0, or 5.1. You can access the GPS and camera, but you can’t access the accelerometer, the SMS and call functions, and several other bits of functionality. To get access to all the features, you must upgrade to Genymotion Business. Click here to see the main differences between Genymotion Free and Genymotion Business.

Genymotion is a great Android emulator and developers are sure to love it.