Google introduced the x86 64-bit Android L emulator for developers

Google Inc. today announced the release of a special version of the Android OS emulator. We are talking about x86 64-bit Android L, designed for developers who are going to release applications with support for 64-bit chips. According to the developers, 64-bit Android applications allow developers to use more number of registers and new instruction sets.

The company reports that Java applications will automatically take advantage of these benefits, with no changes to the current code. Applications written in other languages, created with Android NDK r10b, can be optimized by developers to fully support the new system features.
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The new OS, Android L, which does not yet have a "tasty" name, gets the opportunity to run applications in the ART environment, which has come to replace the Dalvik virtual machine with which the current versions of the mobile OS work. ART, in theory, allows applications to run faster and run more smoothly, and ART also supports more processors, including ARM, x86, and MIPS. Accordingly, there is support for 64-bit chips.

The preliminary release of the Android L, developer preview, was presented in June, and the final release will be ready this fall.

The current version of the 64-bit emulator can be installed on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows, OS X and Linux. Of course, the performance gains can be seen mainly in resource-intensive applications. Download the emulator here .