What You Need?ī) Android 5.1 X86 ISO version ( Download it from here)Ĭ) A Windows 10 or 8.1 computer (that can be a laptop or desktop to run VirtualBox) Steps to Install Android 5.1 Lollipop on Windows 10/8.1 with VirtualBoxġ) Make sure you have downloaded the ISO file of Android x86 5.1Ģ) Create a new virtual machine. You can download the previous and future Android X86 versions for PC support from there site here. It’s modified by few developers to support PC platform. The Android 5.1 Lollipop OS version which we are going to install is made for X86 PCs, it can work on 64bit computers too. We have already published similar guide about KitKat 4.4 earlier here.Ĭheck out these laptops which are under 200 US dollars that come with Google Chrome OS. Snapshot features on virtualization software will allow you to revert back the virtual machine state to any earlier state if something goes wrong with the guest OS which is Android 5.1 in this case. Obviously you are not going to get the same performance and graphical experience on your Windows computer with Android like on real smartphone/tablet, but still it gives chance to play around with it in temporary location. Instead of playing around with your working Android smart phone or tablet, you can install it on virtual environment and try the all experiments and development tests on it. It is most suitable for testing purpose and developers. Why to install it on a PC? it is a good question.

This guide shows the step by steps to install Android 5.1 Lollipop on Windows 10 PC by using Oracle VirtualBox. Android lovers can use virtualization software like VirtualBox, VMware and other similar software to run Android OS on desktop or laptop PC.

How to virtualbox android x86 lollipop