How to run Android Apps in Google Chrome for PC's or Mac using ARC Welder

ARC Welder is a new Chrome extension that’s designed to be a developer tool. You can use it to install and run dozens upon dozens of Android apps within your browser. Previously, ARC launched as a limited beta but has now been made available to the public allowing you to easily run any Android apps on both Windows (PC) or Linux (This also includes Mac OSX based systems). Users can install any apps by getting the app .apk file (from websites like AppAPK) and install them. This includes both normal apps, games etc. ARC is based on Android 4.4, meaning a lot of standalone apps are immediately compatible. 

So now lets see how to install ARC Welder in Google Chrome and how to add apps to ARC Welder.

1. Install the ARC Welder extension for your Chrome browser from here.
2. Once the installation is done,  a screen will pop out and it will ask for the .apk file ( You can obtain a .apk app file a variety of ways, but the most common would probably be through a third-party APK file host such as APKMirror.com or a service like apk-dl.com )
3. Once APK loaded, the extension will present a configuration screen that will let you choose orientation, phone/tablet mode, access level.
4. When you are done with the configuration, hit the Launch App button. Enjoy!!!

Now You Can Run Android Apps in Google Chrome on PCs, Macs

Google might have made it possible to launch Android apps on almost any device as part of the latest developer preview of its App Runtime for Chrome (ARC) project.

The new features make it so that ARC can run on any desktop OS that has the Chrome browser installed, and opens up the ability to launch Android apps on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Chrome OS, according to Ars Technica.

Google's updated ARC project also allows developers to run their app on ARC via a new Chrome app packager, and the only platform excluded is of course iOS.

Originally Google ARC was designed to let Android apps run on Chrome OS. However, shortly after it was launched, a hack found the full potential of the project to run on any machine, and that has now been added as a full feature.

ARC is able to run Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS through a Native Client (NaCL), which is a sandboxing technology that lets Chrome apps run at close to native speeds and fully harness a machine's CPU and GPU.

Is it that easy?

Of course it isn't as easy as that and developers will need to play around with the ARC Welder and submit the app to the Chrome Web Store before it can actually run.

What ARC and the NaCL do is champion Google's strategy to make sure that developers write more apps for the Android ecosystem and they then work on more devices than ever - never a bad thing from a consumer point of view.

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