YouWave gives Android enthusiasts the opportunity to try out apps on their PC in a simulated Android interface environment Installing and setting up YouWaveįirst, you'll need to uninstall it if you have VirtualBox installed on your PC, you'll need to uninstall it before installing YouWave.
It allows external applications to load and simulates quite well on the Android phone interface, although certain applications don't run well if at all, especially if they are designed for newer versions of the Android OS.
On a practical level, despite some minor stability issues, YouWave works OK. The user interface in YouWave feels very old fashioned and the design of the control panel is a bit clunky. The process for this isn't as easy as it could be, and is certainly more fiddly than it is in BlueStacks. Installing apps with YouWaveīy default, YouWave includes the native Android apps such as music, settings, browser, and more.Installing apps can be done via Google Play (which in itself you need to install before you start), or by downloading and installing APKs. It includes SD card functionality (sharing a folder between your PC and the virtual machine), support for multiplayer online games, dynamic rotating, and volume control buttons.
YouWave doesn't support the latest version of the Android KitKat, but instead offers Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in the home version of the app.
