Android engineers have finally put an end to developer’s woes over the sluggish moving Android emulator. In an Android developers blog post today, they have announced a new and improved Android emulator equipped with added GPU support, more hardware feature emulation, and improved CPU performance. This should put a smile on many o’ developers’ faces and make building and testing apps a tad less stressful.

With the increase in performance, added support, and additional hardware feature emulation, the Android team hopes these new improvements will make the emulator a more useful tool for testing applications without needing to own every device in existence. If you’re a developer and would like all the nitty gritty details, head over to the Android Developers blog by following the link below. Happy testing!

• SourceAndroid Developers Blog