“LDPlayer 4 Overview: Android 7.1.2 Features and Side-by-Side Installation”
LDPlayer 4 runs Android 7.1.2. Compared with LDPlayer 3, it includes changes to compatibility, performance, wallpaper options, and the interface. This guide explains how to install LDPlayer 4 without replacing LDPlayer 3, and which settings
Before You Start
Prerequisites: A Windows PC with enough free disk space for a second LDPlayer installation.; LDPlayer 3 installed, if you want to keep it. Note its installation folder.
Step-by-Step
- Get the LDPlayer 4 setup file from the home page of the official LDPlayer website.
- Launch the setup file and review the install path it shows.
- Change the install folder to a path different from the LDPlayer 3 folder, so the current version is not overwritten.
- Finish the setup, then open LDPlayer 4 from its desktop icon.
## Overview LDPlayer 4 runs Android 7.1.2. Compared with LDPlayer 3, it includes changes to compatibility, performance, wallpaper options, and the interface. This guide explains how to install LDPlayer 4 without replacing LDPlayer 3, and which settings to review.
## Verify Open LDPlayer 3 and LDPlayer 4 from their own desktop icons. Each version should start on its own.
## Version differences
- LDPlayer 3 and LDPlayer 4: Both use a 32-bit Android system. LDPlayer 3 runs Android 5.1, which may be more stable on some low-end PCs. Choose LDPlayer 3 if a game requires Android 5.1.
- Newer release: LDPlayer 9 runs Android 9 (Pie). According to the publisher, it supports both 32-bit and 64-bit games.
- 64-bit games: For 64-bit games, see the 64-bit LDPlayer guide.
## What changed in LDPlayer 4
- Compatibility and performance: The Android 7.1.2 base supports some games that require Android 7 or later. The kernel update aims to improve performance in MMORPGs. Measure the difference on your own PC.
- Wallpaper: Open the emulator’s Settings and select the Wallpaper tab to set a local image as your wallpaper.
- Interface: The settings panel is clearer, default shortcuts can be customized, and the frame and toolbar icons were redesigned.
## Settings to review
- CPU and RAM: Allocate more CPU and RAM for demanding games. The amount that works best depends on your PC.
- Virtual phone model: Some players choose the Pixel 2 model for Black Desert Mobile. Test whether the model setting helps your game.
- Lock landscape: Turn this on to play portrait games in landscape.
- Fixed window size: Turn this on to keep the window size after a restart.
- Root permission: Turn this on only if you need advanced changes to the virtual device.
- Gamepad: Connect the controller by USB or Bluetooth and set it to Android mode. Then check the gamepad icon in the top bar, next to the menu, to confirm the connection.
Security note: Root permission gives apps and commands full control of the virtual device, including its system files. An app with root access can change settings or read data it could not reach before. Turn this setting on only when a specific task needs it. To revert, turn Root permission off and check that it stays off before you install new apps.
## Notes and Troubleshooting
- Needs review: this page has not been re-verified on a current LDPlayer install. Check the version listed on the download page before you follow the steps.
- The publisher describes LDPlayer 4 as faster than earlier versions. Compare the two versions on your own games before you decide.
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