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How to install Magisk on Genymotion?
How to install Magisk on Genymotion with Android 12 and above and Android 11 and below prerequisites, requirements, and installation steps.
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Genymotion Desktop 3.4 is released!
Genymotion Desktop 3.4 released with Apple Silicon support, skins, developer tools widget, and multi-display support.
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Genymotion Desktop 3.2.0 is available!
Genymotion Desktop 3.2.0 release notes highlighting GPX replay, OpenGL ES 3.0, multitouch, and simplified gmtool integrations.
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I keep getting "Android Setup keeps stopping" error
Known bug with Genymotion Android 11 x86_64 image after installing Open GApps. No known workarounds. Avoid the message by using Android 11 "ARM versio...
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How to screen record with Genymotion PaaS/Device image?
Instructions for screen recording with Genymotion PaaS/Device image using the Capture feature, ADB, or the Genymotion HTTP API shell command, includin...
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How to install Xposed,EdXposed or LSPosed in Genymotion?
How to install Xposed,EdXposed or LSPosed in Genymotion? Instructions vary by Android version, with warnings about liability and notes that Xposed and...
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How to enable the virtual keyboard?
To enable the virtual keyboard in Genymotion, activate the feature in each product and Android version. Includes Desktop UI steps, SaaS Cloud manual a...
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How to establish a TCP session to a virtual device?
To establish a TCP session to a virtual device, set up port forwarding with ADB using adb forward tcp:<host port> tcp:<virtual device port>.
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Does Google Pay work in Genymotion?
Genymotion does not support Google Pay due to an emulated carrier; Google Pay requires a real device with a real carrier.
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How to enable Android work profiles?
How to enable Android work profiles by disabling the default "Genymotion" admin account, with ADB and the persist.genymotion.device_owner.enabled prop...
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Does Magis TV work with Genymotion?
Magis TV is not compatible with Genymotion products; Magis TV can be installed but will not start.
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I can't install or run an application/game in Genymotion SaaS
Genymotion SaaS troubleshooting for apps and games that do not appear in Google Play Store or show "Your device isn't compatible with this version".
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Google Play Store says "Your device isn't compatible with this version" when I t...
Google Play Store detects Genymotion devices as emulated and blocks some apps and games with the error "Your device isn't compatible with this version...
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How to change Genymotion Desktop installer path in my Android Studio?
Learn how to change the Genymotion Desktop installer path in Android Studio by updating the Genymotion installer directory inside Android Studio setti...
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How to connect ADB remotely to a Genymotion Desktop local device?
How to connect ADB remotely to a Genymotion Desktop local device on Windows (VirtualBox) and Linux/MacOS (QEMU), including Bridged networking and TCP ...
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How to automatically connect a Genymotion Desktop virtual device to ADB
Guide to automatically connect a Genymotion Desktop virtual device to ADB.
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Google Play Services keeps crashing
Google Play Services keeps crashing after installing Open GAPPs or Google Play Store. Fix with Genymotion Desktop hardware check and factory reset, th...
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Genymotion plugin icon does not appear in Android Studio
Since Android Studio version 0.3.0, the toolbar is hidden by default. Enable the toolbar via View > Appearance > Toolbar (View > Toolbar for older ver...
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I can't find Android 4.4 and below
Genymotion no longer provides Android 4.4 and below images since September 2022.
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I can't find TikTok in Google Play Store
Genymotion support guidance for installing and running TikTok on arm64. Includes warnings about root detection, un-rooted Android images, and Open GAp...
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ADB connection is lost after a while with my Genymotion PaaS/Device image instan...
ADB connection can be lost after hacking via TCP port 5555 when ADB is not secured or authenticated, including when port 5555 is open to 0.0.0.0/0, wi...
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How to connect a Genymotion PaaS instance to any IDE?
How to connect a Genymotion PaaS instance to any IDE using ADB, including Cloud firewall setup for TCP port 5555 and a recommended SSH tunnel approach...
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I can't find my application or game in Google Play Store (Genymotion PaaS/Device...
Use Aurora Store instead of Google Play Store for Genymotion PaaS/Device image, and make sure to use a recent arm64 image to avoid install issues.
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I can't find Google Play Store. Where is it?
Genymotion Open GApps install built-in feature installs Google Play Store and Services on virtual devices. The article includes a Warning about unsupp...
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How to install and setup Aurora Store on Genymotion?
Steps to install and set up Aurora Store on Genymotion, including a warning for Genymotion Desktop on PC or Mac Intel and a Spoof manager setup flow.
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How to play games with Genymotion Desktop?
How to install and play Android games with Genymotion Desktop, including Google Play Store setup, Aurora Store usage, arm64 compatibility, and the Com...
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I can't install an application/game in Genymotion Desktop
Steps for installing an application/game in Genymotion Desktop when Google Play Store compatibility fails, including un-rooted Android images, mac M o...
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Install Magisk on Genymotion
Install Magisk on Genymotion with Magisk ver. 23.0 or Magisk 30.7 and framework builds for x86, x86_64, and arm64.
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How to connect a virtual device to ADB in Genymotion SaaS?
This tutorial explains how to connect a running virtual device to ADB in Genymotion SaaS using gmsaas CLI.
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How to connect Burp Suite to Genymotion
Tutorial: How to connect Burp Suite to Genymotion using ADB global proxy settings and installing Burp Suite certificates for user and system CA trust.
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gmsaas 1.16.0
Release notes for gmsaas 1.16.0 dated 2026-05-04, including added commands and options, changed support, and fixed issues.
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Genymotion SaaS 3.5.0 OS images
Genymotion SaaS 3.5.0 OS images release note dated 2025-12-04. Includes Improvements, Bug fixes, and Known issues for Android 15.0 and Android 16.0 (b...
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Deploy Applications
Deploy Applications by installing an APK via drag and drop, Install Apps widget, File upload widget, ADB, or Google Play Store, plus ARM64 and system ...
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Connect to ADB
Connect to ADB using gmsaas CLI. The page covers prerequisites, creating an API token for gmsaas, installing and configuring the CLI, and running gmsa...
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Automation Features
Automation Features for Genymotion SaaS using the gmsaas CLI tool to run instrumented tests via ADB in continuous integration pipelines, including Det...
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User Data Parameters
User Data Parameters for Genymotion PaaS. Defines user data JSON keys like applyEveryBoot, configuration, hwProfile, and user_dns, plus provider-speci...
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Deploy Applications
Deploy Applications methods include From Google Play Store with Open GApps using the Google Apps Widget or Device content, plus installing APKs via Dr...
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Change authentication
Change authentication for Genymotion PaaS. Instructions cover updating credentials or disabling authentication from the Web UI or via ADB/SSH commands...
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Connect to ADB
ADB is a communication protocol specific to Android. This page explains prerequisites and step-by-step setup to connect ADB to a Genymotion PaaS insta...
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Genymotion Desktop Launchpad Overview
Genymotion Desktop Launchpad Overview explains the Devices dashboard, Android Images, Hardware profiles, Settings, and Troubleshooting panels.
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Install Applications
Learn how to install Android applications in Genymotion Desktop, including Open GApps, APK sideloading, supported ABIs, and installation failures like...
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Genymotion Desktop Global Settings
Genymotion Desktop global settings documentation for account settings, network settings, hypervisor settings, ADB settings, device settings, update, s...
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gmsaas Commands
Command reference for gmsaas CLI. Includes hardware profiles, images, recipes, instances (start/get/list/ADB connect-disconnect/save/stop/display), an...
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gmsaas Command Line Interface
gmsaas is a command line interface for Genymotion SaaS to manage Android instances and securely connect to Android Debug Bridge. It includes requireme...
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Genymotion plugin for Android Studio
The Genymotion plugin for Android Studio allows testing Android Studio IDE apps by connecting to active virtual devices using ADB, installing from AS ...
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Root Access
Rooting allows Android mobile operating system users to reach privileged control (root access) over Android subsystems, including un-rooted images, ro...
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Open GApps
Install the Open GApps package in Genymotion virtual devices to access Google Play Store. Includes a warning about Google Play Services and steps for ...
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Genymotion SaaS Changelog
Genymotion SaaS Changelog entries by date, including Android image updates and bug fixes for camera, clipboard, WebRTC, ADB Tunnel, and more.
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Genymotion PaaS Release Notes
Genymotion PaaS Release Notes. Includes Current and Legacy release notes with changes, improvements, fixes, and known issues by version.
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Gmsaas Release Notes
Gmsaas Release Notes for versions 1.16.0 through 1.0.0, listing added commands, updated options, platform wheel changes, authentication changes, and b...
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Genymotion Desktop 2.X Releases
Genymotion Desktop 2.X Releases changelog by version, including fixes and changes for adb, VirtualBox, Genymotion Cloud, GMTool, and related widgets.
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Genymotion Desktop 1.X Releases
Genymotion Desktop 1.X Releases changelog entries. Includes release dates and lists of fixes, including changes around Android support, camera widget,...
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How to enable kiosk mode with Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)?
Prerequisite steps for enabling kiosk mode on Genymotion SaaS (Cloud), including connecting to ADB with gmsaas and running adb commands to root and st...
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How to use Android Studio, Eclipse, VS Code, JetBrains Rider or any other IDE wi...
Learn how to use Android Studio, Eclipse, VS Code, JetBrains Rider or any other IDE with Genymotion SaaS by connecting virtual devices to ADB using gm...
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How to change a device product properties (manufacturer, model, etc.) with Genym...
Steps to change device product properties on Genymotion OS using adb by overloading read-only properties with persist.* properties, including a Warnin...
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Can I play games with Genymotion?
Yes, it is possible to install and play games with Genymotion products, with considerations and limitations including Open Gapps, Aurora Store, Androi...
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How to connect a virtual device to a proxy?
Instructions for connecting a virtual device to a proxy on Android using HTTP Proxy without authentication, HTTP Proxy with authentication, Socks5 pro...
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How to override the Bluetooth and Wifi MAC addresses.
Learn how to override the Bluetooth and Wifi MAC addresses by using persist.bt.mac_address and persist.wifi.mac_address with ADB and Android 12.0+ ima...
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How can I get old versions of Genymotion Desktop?
We do not provide old versions of Genymotion Desktop. Genymotion Desktop infrastructure evolves and adds new features and Android images, so compatibi...
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Genymotion Desktop
Genymotion Desktop is fast, simple to install and powerful, with user-friendly sensor widgets and interaction features for PC & Mac. Download, pricing...
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Genymotion in the Cloud
Genymotion SaaS features include Emulated Features, ARM64 devices, Integrated CLI, and integrations. The page includes Pricing SaaS and Frequently Ask...
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Partner program
Genymotion partner program options for Resell, Co-sell & Distribution, Presales Service support & Training, and Build, plus a contact form for partner...
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Bolt Food Case Study
Bolt Food Case Study describing how Bolt Food scales their mobile automated testing for iOS and Android using Genymotion.
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Genymotion Documentation
Genymotion documentation for an Android emulator with sensors and features. Virtual Android Devices for PC & Mac, Virtual Android Devices in the Cloud...
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Genymotion SaaS
Genymotion SaaS tutorials and guides: connect virtual devices to ADB, use MobSF, install Magisk, and run automated testing with tools such as Appium, ...
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Genymotion Device Image
Genymotion Device Image tutorials list. Items include Install Magisk on Genymotion, Dynamically change vehicle properties in Android Automotive, Use B...
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Genymotion Desktop
Tutorial tag page for Genymotion Desktop. Includes “Install Magisk on Genymotion”, “How to connect Burp Suite to Genymotion”, and “Create your own ski...
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Security Testing
Security Testing tutorials for setting up and connecting Burp Suite, MobSF, and Magisk with Genymotion products.
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Other
Miscellaneous Tutorials page for Genymotion. Links include tutorials like How to connect a virtual device to ADB in Genymotion SaaS? and Install Magis...
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How to connect Genymotion SaaS virtual devices to ADB?
Genymotion SaaS help article describing how to connect virtual devices to ADB; refers to an on-line tutorial.
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The Open GApps widget (icon) is gray
Troubleshooting steps when the Open GApps widget (icon) is gray in Genymotion, including Android 4.4 incompatibility, External ADB (from Android SDK t...
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Genymotion Desktop 3.0.2 (April 18th, 2019)
Release notes for Genymotion Desktop 3.0.2 highlighting adb compatibility corrections with platform-tools 28.0.2.
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Instrumented Tests with Genymotion SaaS and gmsaas
Tutorial for instrumented tests with Genymotion SaaS using gmsaas. It explains instance start, ADB connection, running connectedAndroidTest, and stopp...
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Parallel tests with Appium and Genymotion SaaS
Tutorial for parallel tests with Appium and Genymotion SaaS. It covers gmsaas device launching, adbconnect ports, starting appium, and running Pytest ...
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MobSF and Genymotion Device Image
Tutorial for setting up MobSF with a Genymotion Device Image instance using ADB on a physical local machine and configuring ANALYZER_IDENTIFIER and AD...
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How to use MobSF with Genymotion SaaS
Tutorial to use MobSF with Genymotion SaaS by configuring gmsaas CLI, connecting instances to ADB, modifying MobSF source code, and launching the MobS...
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gmsaas 1.15.0
Release notes for gmsaas 1.15.0 with added Linux arm64 wheel, macOS native ADB Tunnel, updated Linux and Windows wheels, OpenSSL 3 for ADB Tunnel, and...
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gmsaas 1.13.0
Release notes for gmsaas 1.13.0 dated 2024-11-06, including new adb start/stop commands, changes to exit code descriptions, and improved ADB Tunnel re...
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Genymotion Device Image v14.0
Release notes for Genymotion Device Image v14.0, including Android versions, new features, improvements, bug fixes, and known issues.
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Genymotion 2.10.0 (August 1, 2017)
Release notes for Genymotion 2.10.0 (August 1, 2017) with improvements, corrections, and VirtualBox recommendations.
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Genymotion 2.12.2 (July 23th, 2018)
Release notes for Genymotion 2.12.2, detailing improvements and corrections.
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Webinar Recording – E2E testing of Android apps on Arm Virtual Devices
Webinar recording about end-to-end testing of Android apps using Arm Virtual Devices hosted on Oracle Cloud.
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Get ready for Genymotion SaaS (Cloud) upgrade!
Announcement of Genymotion SaaS (Cloud) upgrade including new Hardware profiles feature and a maintenance window.
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Android 15 is out on Genymotion!
Genymotion announces Android 15 availability across SaaS, AWS Marketplace, and Device Image, with beta status.
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ARM servers for Genymotion SaaS!
Genymotion announces ARM servers for Genymotion SaaS, enabling ARM-native Android VMs with GPU acceleration and CLI support.
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Biometric Authentication is available for all products!
Announcement that Genymotion Biometrics widget is available on all Genymotion products, with prerequisites and usage details.
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New servers in Southeast Asia for Genymotion SaaS
Genymotion announces a new data center in Singapore to improve connectivity for Android virtual devices.
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gmsaas 1.9.0 (Introducing gmsaas portal)
Announcement of gmsaas 1.9.0 introducing the gmsaas portal for managing Genymotion SaaS instances.
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Automated tests and Continuous Integration (CI)
A collection of tutorials about automated tests and CI workflows using Genymotion SaaS and related tools.
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Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)
Release notes for Genymotion SaaS (Cloud), including gmsaas 1.16.0, Genymotion PaaS v14.2, Genymotion Desktop 3.10.0, and Genymotion SaaS 3.5.0 OS ima...
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File Upload
The File Upload widget uploads and installs (sideload) an .apk file, uploads files to /sdcard/Download/, and flashes .zip files.