AMD and BlueStacks to offer Dual-OS Android Solution to Retail

AMD has announced retail availability of a new BlueStacks dual-OS Android solution, optimized for AMD APUs, with expected consumer availability in the second half of 2014. The AMD and BlueStacks joint solution brings the complete Google Android OS experience to select Microsoft Windows-based AMD-based tablets, 2-in-1s, notebooks and desktops in select retail stores.
 
The availability in retail stores of the virtualized Android solution will allow consumers to easily access both Windows and Android environments, side-by-side, on select AMD-based PCs.
 
“Android-ready PCs are the future. With BlueStacks technology, consumers can turn their AMD Windows-based PC into an Android-ready device and enjoy mobile content, games and apps on their PC and sync with their mobile phone,” said Rosen Sharma, CEO, BlueStacks. “Retail availability brings our solution to the masses, and AMD shares our enthusiasm in giving consumers the ability to enjoy Android entertainment and useful apps together with Windows productivity and gaming, on a single PC.”
 
As with the AMD-BlueStacks solution the retail solution won’t require the user to disengage from one OS before using another; the AMD and BlueStacks solution runs Android virtually within Windows. The customization, settings and personalization capabilities expected from an Android device are made available in a Windows environment. The retail solution also supports easy synchronization of the two environments through BlueStack’s FoneLink service that enables AMD Windows-based PCs to become an extension of Android mobile devices and vice versa.