How to enable hardware virtualization (VT-x/SVM) on Windows 11?

Overview

Hardware virtualization is mandatory to use Genymotion Desktop.

All modern CPUs support hardware virtualization (VT-x/SVM), but this feature is sometimes disabled by default.

VT-X (Intel Virtualization Technology) is Intel's CPU feature that enables hardware virtualization.
SVM Mode is AMD's hardware virtualization feature.

1. From the taskbar, select the search button and search for Settings.

2. Under Settings, click on the Windows Update tab on the left-bottom and then select Advanced options.

3. On the next screen, scroll down to locate Recovery and select it.

4. In the Recovery tab, click Restart now available in front of Advanced startup.

5. You will now be presented with four options to choose from.

6. Click Troubleshoot.

7. Next, click Advanced Options.

8. Within the Advanced options, select UEFI Firmware Settings.

9. Note: If you don't see UEFI Firmware Settings, then disable Fast Startup.

10. You will now be prompted to restart your machine. Click on Restart Now.

11. Once you have entered the BIOS settings in your PC, the steps for enabling virtualization will vary according to the CPU you have.

12. If you have an Intel CPU, the option to enable should be called “Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-X)”.

13. If you have an AMD CPU, the feature to enable should be called “SVM Mode”.

14. Once enabled, save the change and reboot your PC.

The virtualization feature will be active after BIOS save and reboot. The exact in-BIOS steps depend on the CPU type, as described above.