The BlueStacks App Player enables the execution of Android applications on computers running Microsoft Windows or macOS.

[7] The initial alpha version of App Player was launched in October 2011,[8] and it exited beta on June 7, 2014.

In April 2015, BlueStacks, Inc. unveiled that a new version of the App Player, named 2.0, was under development for macOS and was eventually released in July.

[19] This version introduced App Center for personalized game suggestions, an account system, chat, a new keymapping interface, and multi-instance support.

The multi-instance feature permits users to launch multiple BlueStacks windows using the same or different Google Play accounts.

[20] This version was powered by an upgraded "HyperG" graphics engine that enabled the use of the full array of Android 7 APIs.

Bluestacks X utilizes throttling to adjust speed according to a user's internet connection, under the name of Hybrid Cloud.