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Android Creating and Running a Virtual Device

Tomer Bahar
Tomer Bahar
1,336 Points
Posted by Tomer Bahar
Tomer Bahar
1,336 Points

"Your CPU does not support required features (VT-x or SVM)". How can I run the emulator with an AMD CPU PC?

Hey guys!

After setting up and running the Android Studio program I came to find out that I need an Intel CPU to enable the HAXM, but since I have an AMD CPU I got the following prompt: "Your CPU does not support required features (VT-x or SVM)". My question is, How can I run the emulator with an AMD CPU PC? What are my options at this point?

Thanks a bunch!

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

If you have an AMD CPU, you'll have to use one of the arm images instead of an x86. You can also try out the 3rd party emulator Genymotion.

Tomer Bahar
Tomer Bahar
1,336 Points
Tomer Bahar
Tomer Bahar
1,336 Points

Thank you! I sure will:)