What are Genymotion Desktop requirements?
Pre-requisites
- Genymotion account: An active Genymotion account is mandatory to use Genymotion Desktop. You can either launch Genymotion Desktop and click CREATE when prompted to create an account, or go here.
- Internet connection: An Internet connection is mandatory to use Genymotion Desktop.
- Note: A 15-day token is generated after signing in. Genymotion Desktop can be used offline for 15 days between connections. After this period, an Internet connection is required to verify credentials.
- Virtualization technology (PC): Virtualization Technology (VT/AMD-V/SMV) is mandatory. This technology must be enabled in the BIOS/UEFI. For more details, see How to fix the error "Your CPU is incompatible with virtualization technologies"?
Windows
Supported Windows versions and editions
- Windows 10 Home/Pro (recommended)/Enterprise
- Windows 11 Home/Pro (recommended)/Enterprise
Unsupported Windows systems
- Windows 32-bit
- Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1
- Windows for IoT
- Windows arm64 (coming soon)
- Windows server
- Virtual or Cloud Environments
Hardware (Windows)
| CPU | Intel Core i5 (64-bit), AMD Ryzen or higher |
| GPU | NVIDIA Geforce 8 series or higher, AMD Radeon R600 or higher* |
| RAM | 16 GB or higher |
| Screen resolution | 1920x1080 or higher |
| Free HD Space | 120MB for Genymotion + 1GB per virtual devices |
*Intel HD/UHD display driver for Windows may not work well with Genymotion Desktop on Windows systems. We recommend using an NVIDIA or AMD GPU on Windows for best compatibility.
Hypervisor (Windows)
- It is possible to choose between VirtualBox or QEMU (experimental).
- On Windows, the recommended and default Hypervisor is VirtualBox.
VirtualBox (recommended)
- VirtualBox is the default and recommended hypervisor on Windows and it needs to be installed alongside Genymotion Desktop.
- We offer an installer with Genymotion and the recommended version of VirtualBox on our website.
- If VirtualBox already exists, or if you wish to install it separately, refer to the VirtualBox recommended versions article.
QEMU (not recommended yet)
- QEMU hypervisor is possible but it is still experimental and there are known performance issues on Windows systems. Therefore it is not recommended for the moment.
- QEMU on Windows requires Hyper-V.
Linux
Supported Linux distributions
- Ubuntu LTS (64-bit)
- Fedora Workstation (64-bit)
- Debian stable (64-bit)
- Kali Linux and Arch Linux are not officially supported.
Incompatible systems
- Linux 32-bit
- Linux arm/arm64 (coming soon)
- Linux Virtual Machines
- Linux servers
Hardware (Linux)
| CPU | Intel Core i5 (64-bit), AMD Ryzen or higher |
| GPU | OpenGL 3.3 capable graphics processor or higher* |
| RAM | 16 GB or higher |
| Screen resolution | 1920x1080 or higher |
| Free HD Space | 120MB for Genymotion + 1GB per virtual devices |
*If you have an NVIDIA GPU, please use the proprietary drivers for best compatibility.
Hypervisor (Linux)
- It is possible to choose between VirtualBox or QEMU.
- On Linux, the default Hypervisor is QEMU.
QEMU (default, recommended)
- QEMU uses KVM which is installed by default with our recommended distributions. There is nothing else to install with this hypervisor.
VirtualBox (not recommended)
- If you wish to use VirtualBox instead of QEMU, you will need to install it separately and select it explicitly. Please refer to Genymotion Desktop installation guide for Linux for instructions.
- VirtualBox hypervisor is still available for legacy support, but it is deprecated on Linux systems. We strongly suggest switching to QEMU instead if possible.
macOS
Supported macOS versions
- Genymotion Desktop has been fully tested on macOS Sonoma (14) and macOS Sequoia (15).
macOS Virtual Machines
- Virtual Machines are not supported on macOS.
Hypervisor (macOS)
- On macOS, the default Hypervisor is QEMU.
QEMU (default, recommended)
- QEMU uses Hypervisor which is installed by default on macOS. For more information, refer to Genymotion Desktop installation guide for macOS.
VirtualBox (legacy, mac Intel only)
- VirtualBox is only available on old Macs with Intel x86_64 CPU for legacy support: it is deprecated and not recommended.
- If you still wish to use VirtualBox, refer to Genymotion Desktop installation guide for macOS for detailed instructions.
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