More concentration on hardware Google’s first Android emulator image for 64-bit chips currently only supports x86 processors such as Intel’s Bay Trail, Moorefield, and Merrifield chips.

Microsoft released a Windows Insider preview that allows Windows on Arm laptops like thenSurface Pro X to run the popular 64-bit X86 apps that all modern PCs can.

Windows 10 on ARM: S versus Pro, emulation and 64-bit app support Microsoft says that the new Windows on ARM PCs give you the "familiar Windows experience".

Windows 10 has been able to emulate 32-bit x86 apps on ARM for a while, along with native 32-bit and 64-bit apps.

The emulator is designed to address a key limitation to Arm-powered Windows devices, which can’t natively run 64-bit Windows apps originally designed for Intel’s and AMD’s x86 architecture.

Still, the company warns that the new emulator for 64-bit Windows apps may not work with every program. So expect a hit-or-miss experience.

Devs can create or optimize Android L apps on Intel's 64-bit architecture through a new emulator.

The emulator is designed to address a key limitation to Arm-powered Windows devices, which can’t natively run 64-bit Windows apps originally designed for Intel’s and AMD’s x86 architecture.