BlueStacks just released the first alpha version of their player that allows Android apps to run on Windows PC.

Simply put, BlueStacks offers an easy and free way for end users to run Android apps on their Windows-powered computers.

BlueStacks knows the growing market for Android apps will have a place for virtualized apps to run on computers and future Windows tablets e.g. the upcoming Windows 8. Quoted from BlueStacks:

With 56-percent of smartphone consumers purchasing an Android device in the last three months[1], it’s apparent that Android is rapidly becoming a preferred operating system. The BlueStacks App Player now gives users one-click access to their favorite Android apps right on their Windows PC. Both Windows and Android users stand to benefit greatly from this capability.

Potentially, if you’re a developer, you’ll be killing two birds with one stone when you’re writing an app for Android which can be ported automatically to Windows-based operating systems via their player.

For application developers in the Android ecosystem, the BlueStacks App Player opens up a market of over a billion PC users. BlueStacks does not require any additional work on the part of developers and the apps run unmodified on the Windows PC.

Interested to test the Alpha version? Head to their website now!