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- [Instructor] You can run Android Studio on windows,

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Mac, iOS, Linux, or even on Chrome OS.

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The system requirements for Android Studio

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are listed on the studio page on the developer website.

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On all platforms,

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you need a 64 bit development computer,

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on Windows, you'll need x86 64 bit CPU architecture.

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And that can be either an Intel or an AMD chip.

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And on Mac you'll need either an Intel computer

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or one of the newer M1 computers.

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On Linux, any 64 bit Linux distribution should work,

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as long as it supports one of the desktop environments

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that's listed on this page.

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Chrome OS has its own unique requirements.

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If you do want to run Android Studio on Chrome OS,

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I recommend a Chromebook that has at least

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an i5 processor.

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And even on that processor, it can be a little bit slow,

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i7 is a lot better.

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On Windows and Mac, again, i7 is great.

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And while eight gigabytes of RAM is listed here

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as the minimum,

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16 gigabytes will make you a lot happier.

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Everything will just work a lot faster.

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One other critical capability that all computers need

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to run well in Android Studio is hypervisor support.

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Android Studio uses virtualization

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to support the Android emulator.

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This is the tool that lets you run Android instances in a

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virtual device and not have to have a whole stack of

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physical Android phones and tablets around

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to test your application.

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If you aren't sure whether a particular computer

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supports virtualization,

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check its technical specs or check with the vendor.

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And finally you do need a minimum screen resolution

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of 1280 by 800, but higher resolution is better.

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And if your development environment supports

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more than one monitor,

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you can move windows around and make

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a very comfortable development environment.

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So check to make sure you have a development computer

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that's going to run Android Studio well.

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It needs the memory and it needs the up-to-date CPUs,

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and then you'll be able to build and test your Android apps

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quite easily on whichever operating system you choose.