Do I need Oracle Virtual Box to run the emulator?

Topic: Hypervisor & VM Setup

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Do I need Oracle Virtual Box to run the emulator?

āŒ NO. On Windows, VirtualBox is the default and recommended hypervisor for Genymotion Desktop, but it is not required on macOS or Linux, where QEMU is recommended instead. Genymotion also has cloud options that run directly on cloud instances, so they do not rely on VirtualBox.

  • Windows: VirtualBox is the recommended choice for Genymotion Desktop.
  • macOS: QEMU is the default and recommended hypervisor.
  • Linux: QEMU is recommended.
  • Cloud products: run on cloud infrastructure, not on your local VirtualBox install.

Sources: Genymotion, macOS - An error has occurred while trying to create a virtualbox host-only network interface

Which operating system are you using?

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