Andy OS for Mac

Andy for Mac is a free virtual machine that lets you access Android apps on your Mac. If you crave a larger screen for playing your favorite Android games, you'll appreciate what this app has to offer.

Pros

Familiar interface: If you're used to navigating an Android device, you'll have no problem finding your way around Andy for Mac. At the bottom are the navigational menu options for returning to the previous screen, home, or active apps.

Play games on your Mac: While we love our Android device for playing games, sometimes it would be nice to stare at a bigger screen. We were able to install and play one of our favorite games in a matter of minutes with Andy for Mac.

Use Voice Search: After clicking on the Microphone option on the menu bar, we were able to use the Voice Search to find the address and phone number for a local restaurant -- all on our desktop.

Cons

Slows things down a bit: Don't expect to work on your Mac while Andy for Mac is running. When we jumped over to do a little work on our desktop computer, we found it painfully slow. It was so slow that we had to close Andy for Mac just so we could get our work done.

Inoperable camera: We tried to activate the camera app in the same way that we activated the Microphone app -- by clicking on the Camera button on the menu bar. However, we couldn't get the camera to work, which meant that we couldn't use apps that depended on the camera, such as Snapchat.

No help: We couldn't locate a help feature to offer guidance for new users or to troubleshoot any issues. An FAQ of some sort would be a nice addition.

Bottom Line

Andy for Mac works best as a vehicle for playing Android games on your Mac. However, if you're looking for a multi-tasking tool, the performance issues will hinder your workflow.

• Updated for latest GAPPS, and expanded Google app support
• Reduced resource usage dramatically and improved performance
• Enabled ability to set Custom DPI
• Ability to store Default vbox VM Location to any drive/folder
• Improved interface speed
• Optimized graphics settings (recommend using 1 core)
• Improved Andy Network Speeds
• Unique IDs are now properly assigned and handled.
• Fixed application shortcuts. Shortcuts now launch Andy and the correct application
• Fixed French AZERTY keyboard layout. Including Alt and AltGr inputs
• Added support for UK English keyboard layout
• Location is now more accurate.
• Fixes and quality-of-life improvements to camera and mic
• Fixed issues with copy/paste.
• Fixed bugs with zoom.
• Updated core applications.
• Improved app support.HandyAndy and Installer:
• Installer now prompts to replace Oracle VM Virtualbox if it is already installed.
• Fixed issue with Term Shell not connecting on some machines with UAC turned off.
• Backup/restore is back and fully working.Under the hood:
• There are 3 possible locations for app data: per-system, per-user and bundled
• Log files are now created in preferred location for each system
• Both stdout stderr are not redirected to logging facility so errors from libraries are not lost
• Fix crash when Zoom Mouse Event arrives before Zoom Key Event
• Started Zoom Gesture remains active even after Zoom Key is unpressed
• Reduce CPU usage by removing uneccessary polling
• Keyboard event are sent to Monkey
• Alt and AltGr keys are not ignored and handled properly
• Resolution is stored in the config
• Android ID, WiFi MAC and IMEI can be set using config files or Windows registry
• Add the config subcommand to get/set options
• Save configuration of selected microphone and camera
• Add support of changing microphone during recording
• Add CLI to access config
• Add support for UK english keyboard layout