KIK Download for PC- An Absolute Guide

Access your Kik account from your PC after you read my steps. Install Kik messenger on
Windows or MAC system. Here is your easy guide to get Kik on PC

Kik messenger or popularly known as Kik is an instant messaging mobile application. It is

developed and maintained by Canadian tech company Kik Interactive. The app is free to
download with no in-app mandatory purchases. You can use Kik over cellular data connection
or wifi connection. You can use Kik to send and receive pictures and media files and other usual
data.
Kik is available on platforms like iOS (6.0 and higher), Android and Windows Phone.
Kik when released, rose in pop culture for its anonymity. The messenger allows an user to open
an account or sign up to the services without providing any phone number. The servers of Kik
tracks the user’s IP (internet protocol) address to determine the user location

Kik Interactive are yet to develop the messenger for Windows OS (Windows 7, Windows 8,
Windows 8.1, Windows 10) and MacOS. To access Kik on your windows pc, download an
android emulator. Keep reading to know more about what is an android emulator and how to
access Kik on pc.

What is an Android Emulator?

An Android Emulator also known as Android Virtual Device (AVD) is an applet that gives
you a virtual android platform.You can use the emulator to test self developed android apps
cutting down the requirement of sideloading apps onto an android phone for testing. You can
also use the emulator to access different android apps that are not available for your Windows
or system.

Popular Android Emulators

Bluestacks
BlueStacks is an android emulator and app player. It is a cross platform application i.e it runs on
both Windows (Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10) and MacOS. Installing
BlueStacks on your Windows or MacOS enable you to run Android apps on your PC.
Bluestacks is a free to download software and you should refrain from downloading it from other
3rd party website. The third party websites often tweak the software internally and plant harmful
codec that can result in problems with your PC. Go through the following easy guide:
- Open the web browser.
- Search ‘Bluestacks’
OR
Click the link to visit BlueStacks official website www.bluestacks.com
- Select the Download Bluestacks for Windows button available in the homepage
The installer is of about 250mb.
Wait for the download to complete.

Installing Bluestacks
After the Bluestacks installer has completed downloading:
- Browse to your downloads folder
- Locate the downloaded bluestacks.exe and double-click to run it
A installation window will appear on your screen
- Click on Agree in the terms and conditions window
- Click on Next. Go on clicking next
- You will land up on a window showing “Downloading Needed Files”. You need to wait
out the time the installer takes to download the necessary files from the servers
Note: Make sure the Internet connection is active and stable during installation process.
Dip in signal strength can cause problems for the installation and your system can even
abort the installation
- When the necessary files are finished downloading, your Bluestacks will be installed.
Try and run the program to see if it works.

NOX Player
Nox Player (popularly known NOX) is also an android emulator. NOX was initially releases in
2015. Like Bluestacks, NOX is a freeware,make sure you download the software from their
homepage and avoid all third party sources.
NOX is a cross platform software available on both Windows (Windows 7, Windows 8,
Windows 8.1 and Windows 10) and MacOS.

To download the NOX app player or android emulator follow these easy steps:
● Open the web browser
● Search ‘NOX app player’
OR
Follow this link to visit BigNox official website to download . www.bignox.com
 ● Click on download button available on BigNox’s homepage
If you want to download the MAC version look for the link Mac Version just below the
download button
● Let the download complete
● When the download is complete, browse to the downloads folder and run the ‘.exe’ file.
● When the installer starts click on next and proceed with the installation.
● Agree to the said terms and conditions and proceed.
● The installer will download the some necessary files during installation process, wait this
period out and click Finish to complete the installation.

Setting up your Emulator or App Player

When installation of your preferred emulator or app player is complete, set up your virtual
android device just like any other device running on android. To set up android virtual system
(Bluestacks or NOX) on your Windows or Mac system follow this simple guide.

- Click on start button

- Choose All Programs, find Bluestacks or NOX and open the application
OR
If available, double-click on the available desktop icon of your app player to run the
program.
These applications are heavy and can take a little time to load.
- Once your App Player is up and running, you will see a fresh android system open in the
windowed form on your screen.
- Use your mouse to navigate through the appellate.
- Click on Menu
- Open Settings
In the settings go ahead and enter the details required. You will need to enter your Google
account details and other stuff to get connected and synced with the servers of android.

It is nothing difficult, treat it like you treat any normal android mobile and tablet. Go ahead and
complete setting up your system.

Downloading Kik
It is very easy to download any android game or application on BlueStacks or NOX. It is the
same procedure you use while on an android phone or tablet.

If you still are not familiar with the Android operating system or if you are a newbie here is your
easy step by step guide.
Searching for an android app
- Click the Apps / Menu icon on the home screen.
- Swipe and look for Play Store icon.
- Open Play Store.
- Click on the magnifying glass icon available in the top right corner
- Type the name of the app you are trying to download.
In this case, search for Kik and again click the magnifying glass to execute the search.
You will see suggestions below as you type in the search box, you can click to fetch the
apps or games.
- Click on the three dots available to the right of each result (app or game) and choose the
option to install

Now that you know how to download an app or a game on your android system go ahead and
download Kik from playstore.

When Kik has finished downloading, double-click to open the app. If the app is running properly,
congrats you have successfully downloaded the game, Go ahead and enjoy. If you are facing
problems with Kik, you should try reinstalling it.

Kik on Chrome
Before moving forward on this point, let’s clear up any kind of confusion. Kik on Chrome does
not mean Kik messenger working on a Chromebook. Kik is available to any and every Google
Chrome web browser user. The messenger is available as an Extension on chrome. To add
Kik messenger extension to chrome browser :
● Open google Chrome browser
● Access Chrome Web Store
You can use this link to directly visit google chrome web store
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions
● In the search field on the left, type in Kik and press enter.
● Click on the add extension button next to the Kik extension
Make sure you download the extension developed by www.kik.com
Your Kik chrome extension is ready. Click the new available button with Kik’s icon to access Kik
messenger.

Conclusion
Android as a modern operating system is very good and progressive but lacks in cross platform
capabilities. Downloading an emulator or app player is a solution to this problem. Download
either of the mentioned emulators or any other android app player on your windows (Windows
7, Windows 8, Window 8.1 or Windows 10) or Mac to make cross platform accessibility easier.
When multitasking you can feel the need of certain apps and software that are not available on
the you windows or mac platform.
Remember a few things when using these emulators; never download the app player from a
third party source these softwares are usually available on the dev website. For Windows
Operating systems, keep your ‘.NET Frameworks’ properly configured and updated. Before
installing an android emulator always check for available updates of your video card. If
available, download and install them, otherwise it can create unnecessary problems when
connecting to the servers over the internet. These android emulators require an uninterrupted
internet connection. If your installed emulator crashes, it will automatically try to connect to the
servers to create a log / dump file on the crash for better functionality in the future. Keep your
system drivers up to date : sound and graphics.

Your Bluestacks or NOX emulator should work now. If not go through the guide and see where
you went wrong. You can also try checking for updates of the android emulator. Pending
updates result in crashes. Keep your system and emulator updated at all times.