Genymotion Desktop local virtual devices become unstable and slow after a while.

Source: https://support.genymotion.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009242937-Genymotion-Desktop-local-virtual-devices-become-unstable-and-slow-after-a-while

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Keywords: Genymotion Desktop, local virtual devices, Genymotion SaaS, memory leaks

Document ID: https://support.genymotion.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009242937-Genymotion-Desktop-local-virtual-devices-become-unstable-and-slow-after-a-while#split1

Genymotion Desktop local virtual devices become unstable and slow after a while

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Cause

Running a local virtual device for a long period in Genymotion Desktop causes memory leaks which renders Genymotion extremely slow and unstable. This is a known limitation with Genymotion Desktop and no fixes could be implemented so far.

Recommendation

Running local virtual devices 24/7 with Genymotion Desktop is not recommended. Therefore, the use of local virtual devices is not suitable for automated, scaled tests or any other use case which requires to run multiple virtual devices for more than 12 hours.

Alternative

However, we have developed Genymotion SaaS especially for this purpose. Running and controlling Genymotion SaaS virtual devices in the Cloud is possible from Genymotion Desktop.

Reference

For more details, please refer to our on-line documentation.