Genymotion Desktop requires a x86_64 CPU on Windows and Linux. Therefore, it will not work on ARM-based Single Board Computers, such as Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi or Odroid.
Pre-requisite
A Genymotion account is mandatory to use Genymotion Desktop. You can either launch Genymotion Desktop and click CREATE when prompted to create an account, or go here.
Then follow the instructions to create and activate your account. When done, simply log in with your credentials.
Note
An Internet connection is mandatory to log in at first run and download the virtual device images. However, a 15 days token is generated after signing in, so it is possible to use Genymotion Desktop offline during 15 days between each connections. After this time, though, you will have to connect to the Internet so that Genymotion can verify your credentials.
Windows
Supported Windows versions and editions
Genymotion Desktop has been designed for and tested on the following Windows versions:
- Windows 11 Home/Pro/Enterprise (64-bit)
- Windows 10 Home/Pro/Enterprise (64-bit)
Unsupported systems
- Windows 32-bit
- Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1
- Windows for IoT
- Windows server editions
- Virtual or Cloud Systems
Prerequisite
- Virtualization technology: Virtualization Technology (VT/AMD-V/SMV) is mandatory and it must be enabled in the BIOS/UEFI. For more details, see How to fix the error "Your CPU is incompatible with virtualization technologies"?
Recommended specifications
| CPU | Intel Core i5 (64-bit), AMD Ryzen or higher |
| GPU | NVIDIA Geforce 8 series, AMD Radeon R600 or higher* |
| RAM | 16 GB or higher |
| Screen resolution | 1920x1080 or higher |
| Free HD Space | 120MB for Genymotion + 1GB per virtual devices |
*Intel display driver for Windows may not work well with Genymotion Desktop on Windows systems. Therefore, we recommend using an NVIDIA or AMD GPU for best compatibility.
Laptops
- Some laptops have a dual graphics processor (Intel iGPU + NVIDIA/AMD discrete GPU). This type of configuration is known to cause issues. To solve this, you need to force Genymotion to use the high profile NVIDIA/AMD GPU.
- Make sure that your laptop is plugged to the mains and performance settings are set to "Balanced", "Performance" or "Game mode".
Hypervisor
It is possible to choose between VirtualBox or QEMU (experimental).
VirtualBox
If you choose to use VirtualBox, please note that the recommended version is 7.0.8. We also offer an installer pack with this version of VirtualBox.
QEMU
Note
QEMU is still experimental and there are known performance issues on Windows systems.
QEMU on Windows requires Hyper-V (only available on Windows Pro/Entreprise) or HAXM (Intel CPU only) on Windows Home edition.
Linux
Supported Linux distributions
Genymotion Desktop has been fully tested on the following distributions:
- Ubuntu 22.04LTS (64-bit) or higher
- Fedora Workstation 38 (64-bit) or higher
- Debian 11 Bullseye (64-bit)
Other distributions, such as Kali Linux or Arch Linux, are not officially supported.
Incompatible systems
- Linux Virtual Machines
- Linux servers
- Linux 32-bit
Prerequisite
- Virtualization technology: Virtualization Technology (VT/AMD-V/SMV) is mandatory and it must be enabled in the BIOS/UEFI. For more details, see How to fix the error "Your CPU is incompatible with virtualization technologies"?
Recommended specifications
| CPU | Intel Core i5 (64-bit), AMD Ryzen or higher |
| GPU | OpenGL 3.3 capable graphics processor or higher* |
| RAM | 16 GB or higher |
| Screen resolution | 1920x1080 or higher |
| Free HD Space | 120MB for Genymotion + 1GB per virtual devices |
*If you have an NVIDIA or AMD graphics processor, it is highly recommended to use the proprietary drivers for best compatibility.
Hypervisor
Note
From Genymotion Desktop 3.6.0 onward, the default Hypervisor is QEMU. QEMU offers better performance and features than VirtualBox on Linux systems.
It is possible to choose between VirtualBox or QEMU.
QEMU
Unlike VirtualBox, QEMU uses kvm which is installed by default with our recommended distributions. Therefore, there is nothing to install if you choose this hypervisor.
VirtualBox
We do not have an installer for Linux with VirtualBox; it has to be installed separately. Please refer to Genymotion Desktop installation guide for Linux for instructions.
macOS
Supported macOS versions
Genymotion Desktop has been fully tested on macOS Ventura (13) and Sonoma (14).
Incompatible systems
Hypervisor
Note
From Genymotion Desktop 3.6.0 onward, the default Hypervisor is QEMU. QEMU offers better performance and features than VirtualBox on macOS, and it is only available with Intel x86_64 Macs.
If you use an Intel x86_64 based old Mac, it is possible to choose between VirtualBox or QEMU.
QEMU
Unlike VirtualBox, QEMU uses Hypervisor which is installed by default on macOS. For detailed instructions, please refer to Genymotion Desktop installation guide for macOS.
VirtualBox
Important
VirtualBox is only available on old Intel x86_64 based Macs.
VirtualBox 7.0.8 is recommended on macOS with Genymotion Desktop 3.6.0. We do not have an installer for macOS with VirtualBox; it has to be installed separately. For detailed instructions, please refer to Genymotion Desktop installation guide for macOS.