Android apps can be launched from your Windows desktop, and you can copy files between Android and Windows through a shared folder.Īndy is also attractively 100 percent free, although its parent company is an alleged adware distributor (a fact that might give some people pause). You can use your Android phone as a controller for Andy on your desktop (helpful when playing games that require tilting or tapping, if your computer doesn't support these). The program offers many ways for Android to interact with your PC (with either x86 processors or ARM processors) and even your phone. The latter comes in handy, because instead of leaving a browser tab open for Facebook or Gmail or needing your phone for messaging apps like Snapchat, you can just get the notifications in Andy.

You can basically do anything in Andy that you could on an Android tablet or phone, including adding widgets to your home screen, backing up your virtual device to Google and receiving app notifications. Andy provides the full Android (4.2.2 KitKat) experience in either full-screen or windowed mode.

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