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micro:bit Blue on Windows Pc

Developed By: Martin Woolley

License: Free

Rating: 3,8/5 - 42 votes

Last Updated: December 24, 2023

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	2.1.4
Size	4.8 MB
Release Date	November 16, 20
Category	Education Apps
App Permissions: Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices. [see more (5)]
What's New: Fixed Animal Vegetable Minder game which had been broken by a change to the official microbit firmware. See https://github.com/bittysoftware/... [see more]
Description from Developer: Users are advised to use Bitty Blue or Bitty Controller from Bitty Software ( https://bittysoftware.blogspot.com/) instead of this application, which is no longer actively supporte... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download micro:bit Blue and install on Windows PC. micro:bit Blue is free Education app, developed by Martin Woolley. Latest version of micro:bit Blue is 2.1.4, was released on 2020-11-16 (updated on 2023-12-24). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of micro:bit Blue is 3,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 42 users, 9 users had rated it 5*, 26 users had rated it 1*.

How to install micro:bit Blue on Windows?

Instruction on how to install micro:bit Blue on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install micro:bit Blue on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install micro:bit Blue using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "micro:bit Blue" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install micro:bit Blue on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "micro:bit Blue" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 2.1.4 , 2.1.3.

Download micro:bit Blue 2.1.4 on Windows PC – 4.8 MB

Download micro:bit Blue 2.1.3 on Windows PC – 4.8 MB

Users are advised to use Bitty Blue or Bitty Controller from Bitty Software ( https://bittysoftware.blogspot.com/) instead of this application, which is no longer actively supported.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bittysoftware.bittyblue.BittyBlue

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bittysoftware.bittycontroller

The BBC micro:bit is an exciting, programmable device which one million, excited British schoolchildren recently received. It has buttons, a display, an accelerometer, magnetometer, an edge connector to connect electronic things to and... it has Bluetooth.

micro:bit Blue is maintained by Bitty Software.

micro:bit Blue will let you explore and play with examples of some of the kinds of things Bluetooth makes possible with your micro:bit. The menu contains icons for a series of demonstrations which show various aspects of the micro:bit can be used from another device like an Android smartphone over Bluetooth. Each screen has a help page attached to it which explains what the demo does and how it works.

You can follow Bitty Software on Twitter at @bittysoftware

Here are a few of the things you can do with this application and a BBC micro:bit

- Control a 3D image of a micro:bit on the screen of your phone, rotating it in space by moving your real micro:bit

- Monitor the temperature of your micro:bit's processor

- Use your phone as a trivia scoreboard and award coloured stars by pressing buttons on your micro:bit

- Connect your phone to a Bluetooth heart rate monitor and watch a histogram of your heart rate develop as you exercise. Watch the same histogram reflected on the display of your micro:bit so you can wear the micro:bit and keep your phone out of sight in a bag

- Play the Animal Vegetable Mineral guessing game

- Count things with your micro:bit by pressing button A and when done send the accumulated counter value to your phone using button B. Your phone doesn't need to be involved when counting, only when uploading the final value. You could even count squirrels. Or something else :-)

You'll need the right code on your micro:bit. If in doubt, visit https://github.com/bittysoftware/microbit_blue_device_code where you'll find some handy hex files available for download.

Fixed Animal Vegetable Minder game which had been broken by a change to the official microbit firmware. See https://github.com/bittysoftware/microbit_blue_device_code for device code.

Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows access to the vibrator.