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https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/msft-android-emulator/

If not using Visual Studio, search for 'Acquire on its own' on the page. There is a link in that section.

https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/msft-android-emulator/

It uses Hyper-V so you will need a Pro version of Windows.

I've always been kind of bummed out that Hyper-V is disabled on the OS layer for basic Windows versions, even if the hardware supports it.

Because it breaks other VMs - Vmware, Virtualbox, Intel Haxm. They don't work if Hyper-V is enabled.

They have to justify the extra price somehow... I don't blame them too much, odds are you are a "pro" user if you want/need Hyper-V. I really like Hyper-V (except the network weirdness no occasion).

If only they'd add GPU passthrough on non server Windows editions...

At the very least make it a pro feature.

A better bluestacks alternative would be anbox.

It would be if it worked on anything except Ubuntu that is. Maybe a month ago when I tried it was different, but there was no amount of installing and tweaking I could do to get it to work on Arch.

I believe Anbox employs Linux kernel modules, so WSL would need to load those to work under Windows.

... or implement the interfaces provided by Anbox.